# What prompted early man/woman to eat out?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prompted-early-man-woman-to-eat-out/220174 "2003-12-20T15:21:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prompted-early-man-woman-to-eat-out/220174/21 "2003-12-20T22:37:04Z")

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No sooner did I hit return than I realized that China had currency long before the 7th Century BC. Darn Western brainwashing!

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