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21st September 2023, 03:41 AM #1
ancient woodworking - a new find
I'll let the article talk for itself.
VERY EXCITING.
Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago | Nature
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21st September 2023, 12:24 PM #2
Yes just read that about an hour ago. They likely sat around the camp fire having heated discussions on bevel angles for the stone axe.
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22nd September 2023, 08:17 PM #3
That might not be as silly as it sounds.
Given the unbelievable state of preservation, this may be retained in any of the hack-marks.
I'd bet they were as interested in the efficient use of a cutting edge as much as we are... perhaps more so, for survival was at stake. A broken tool may have been very bad indeed.
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