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Originally Posted by sarasi
Yes, I know that. From China, via Korea, to Japan, most likely. My point is that for chopsticks to have "evolved" into forks, people in Europe would have had to use chopsticks first, and later forks, with some utensil that was an in-between stage as well- that's the meaning of "evolve".
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if you trace history way back... i believe europeans used to eat w/ knives >.>'''
like... hunting knives, lolz
the chopsticks were actually used first by royalty for a number of eras before they eventually descended into the lower classes of society.
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this is in japan, of course. I have no idea as to the role of chopsticks in chinese history >.>''