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Anthropology

Warpy

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5. One of my favorite objects lives at the Cambrige U museum in the UK

Reply to moniss (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 25, 2023, 01:36 AM

Oct 2023

It's a 250,,000 year old hand axe with a fossilized shell in the middle of it, so they weren't complete Philistines.

They deleted the picture with good lighting, you can barely see it here: https://digventures.com/2020/06/amazing-artefacts-250000-year-old-hand-axe-knapped-around-a-shell/

I think they did notice fossils and most likely marveled at them. It was just rare to have them in useful rocks they'd have kept for a long time, hunter-gatherer people need to travel very light.

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A thing puzzled me while watching programs [View all] moniss Oct 2023 OP

Those old bones from legs and torso were tied to legends of giants Warpy Oct 2023 #1

Yes I see what you are saying and thanks for the info moniss Oct 2023 #3

One of my favorite objects lives at the Cambrige U museum in the UK Warpy Oct 2023 #5

Would we know today whether wnylib Oct 2023 #10

Lots of rock carvings with constellations and phases of the moon cally Oct 2023 #8

That's neolithic, meaning the ice had retreated Warpy Oct 2023 #9

Oldest known depiction of the sky is only dated to wnylib Oct 2023 #11

Not quite. The Babylonians did research we've only caught up to Warpy Oct 2023 #12

As a total ignoramus/amateur, I will take a shot at answering... RockRaven Oct 2023 #2

Good points about the fragile nature moniss Oct 2023 #4

Some info here: werdna Oct 2023 #6

I have had this same thought. EmeraldCoaster Oct 2023 #7