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Stone Age harpoon found on Pacific island
Science News ^
| January 14, 2014
| Bruce Bower
Posted on 02/08/2014 3:18:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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HUNTING NOTCHES An ancient piece of carved bone (both sides shown) was probably the base of a harpoon point that inhabitants of Timor attached to a wooden shaft. The artifact is slightly less than one inch long and about one-half inch wide.
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02/08/2014 3:18:58 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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02/08/2014 3:20:03 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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02/08/2014 3:22:13 PM PST
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Monkey Face
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80,000- to 90,000-year-old African bone spear points display notches similar to those on the Timor find, OConnor says.
Ideas travel.
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02/08/2014 3:32:18 PM PST
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YHAOS
To: Monkey Face
Ummm, What do you have in mind for it? :)
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02/08/2014 3:34:44 PM PST
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moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: SunkenCiv
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02/08/2014 3:38:25 PM PST
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: SunkenCiv
from the headline I had a mental image of a big rock anvil being dropped on unsuspecting fish.
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02/08/2014 3:39:07 PM PST
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: GeronL
I had a mental image of a bottle of Harpoon IPA
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02/08/2014 3:48:37 PM PST
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markoman
(The man with the rubber glove was....surprisingly gentle.)
To: YHAOS
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02/08/2014 3:48:46 PM PST
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metmom
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To: SunkenCiv
The intended target:
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02/08/2014 3:51:58 PM PST
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
Since it’s Timor, you have to suppose they understood and constructed boats. Timor was very close to the ice age Southeast Asian coast but not quite. Really interesting find!! Thanks for posting.
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02/08/2014 3:57:23 PM PST
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JimSEA
To: SunkenCiv
Sweet!!!
I had wondered where I left them things.
What paperwork do I fill out to get em back?
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02/08/2014 3:59:36 PM PST
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Vendome
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To: central_va
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02/08/2014 4:01:05 PM PST
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Vendome
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To: SunkenCiv
“...residue of a sticky substance...”
From 35,000 years ago? Really? Wow; beats the crap out of Crazy Glue or Gorilla Glue!
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02/08/2014 4:01:12 PM PST
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Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: YHAOS
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it...
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02/08/2014 4:09:02 PM PST
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Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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02/08/2014 4:10:58 PM PST
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RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: Vendome
Can’t imagine her looking any worse now than when she was alive, Bones.
To: carriage_hill
They really had it goin’ on.
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02/08/2014 4:18:17 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JimSEA
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02/08/2014 4:18:33 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Big deal.
Did they find the missing crew and passengers of the minnow?
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