[higgmeister]

This is the silliest thing I have read in a long time.   Of the vast multitude of life threatening things the ancients had to face, I suspect the mortality rate of cuts from flintnapping was not even on the list.

[DesertRhino]

It was probably higher on the list than you think. More than a few had flakes and chips fly up into their eye, and infection was the leading cause of death back then. Even as recently as the old west, a minor cut might be it for you.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Yes, this is stupid. The folks that were chipping flint already knew to use leather hides to help in some ways to prevent injuries.

[Eagles6]

Dental abcesses were a huge and deadly issue.