lol - you can't force tech points.....
lol - you can't force tech points... just put any person with science skills onto the research table... You can even place 2 there! - just make sure your village has enough food first. make sure they are gaining more food than loosing. then put ur game on speed X 2 in the options. - This will allow ur game to fast forward, and if your people are gaining food their deaths should not be a problem.
Thats what im doing!
Golden child will come after u got ur farming skill to full, so u can fish and get loooooads of food :-) - then golden child for boulder