LogFAQs > #933018623

That's less a case of it being older than we think, and more that we taught monkeys an economic system and they immediately chose to use it for the most obvious commodity.

Still doesn't really change the fact that it wouldn't have existed as a "profession" until we'd invented the barter system, at least. And if we want to get technical, people had jobs before we unlocked "Barter" on the tech tree, so the ancient trope of calling it the oldest profession might even be incorrect anyway.
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