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What Chewed-Up Gum Reveals About Life in the Stone Age [DNA]
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| Dec 14, 2018
| Sarah Zhang
Posted on 12/19/2018 1:49:47 PM PST by Red Badger
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A piece of chewed birch-bark tarNatalija Kashuba
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/19/2018 1:54:09 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Red Badger
When I was a kid, my Brother showed me that you could chew pine resin. It tasted OK. Many years later I tried it again and it just turned to powder.
I guess you have to get it just right.
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posted on
12/19/2018 1:54:47 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
It helps if you remove the wood first...............
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posted on
12/19/2018 1:55:58 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
"To modern eyes, she would have looked unusual. She had dark skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, all of which were characteristic of Europe’s hunter-gatherers then."
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:00:00 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Until Hillary is in jail, equal justice under the law will not exist in the USA)
To: Red Badger
Many years ago, I was talking to a very old Black Man who used to work collecting turpentine in South Georgia. He mentioned that water never tasted as good as it did from one of the pots used to collect the turpentine.
He said it gave it a very pleasant flavor and I am sure he was right.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:04:11 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
She was attractive, but her
New Jersey accent was off-putting.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:04:23 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: Red Badger
So they found stone age school desks?
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:04:53 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: Doogle
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:06:57 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:06:59 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
"To modern eyes, she would have looked unusual. She had dark skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, all of which were characteristic of Europe’s hunter-gatherers then." I could work with that:
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:09:24 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: yarddog
Yes and it killed any bacteria that would have been in it. Old folks in The South used to take a nip of Turpentine for colds and sore throats. It was even sold in small bottles in grocery stores and pharmacies, under the Swan label..........
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12/19/2018 2:10:16 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
A piece of chewed birch-bark Which is also where we get aspirin. Smart fellas.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:12:04 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv
No one today quite understands how they did it, but people in the Stone Age could turn ribbons of birch bark into sticky, black tar. They used this tar to make tools, fixing arrowheads onto arrows and blades onto axes. And they chewed it, as evidenced by teeth marks in some lumps.It was the duct tape of its day.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:14:42 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committtee)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:19:07 PM PST
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Slyfox
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:23:18 PM PST
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:29:54 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: freedumb2003
I have one of the oldest Y DNA groups in Europe I. I has been around 35,000 yago. WE all are blue eyed and with a pasty complexion.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:34:18 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(VN 65 - 68)
To: freedumb2003
I have one of the oldest Y DNA groups in Europe I. I has been around 35,000 yago. WE all are blue eyed and with a pasty complexion.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:34:55 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(VN 65 - 68)
To: freedumb2003
"To modern eyes, she would have looked unusual. She had dark skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, all of which were characteristic of Europe’s hunter-gatherers then." Until they interbred with Neanderthals.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:36:36 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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