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Giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin
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| September 10, 2009
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Posted on 09/12/2009 5:44:18 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
Judging from the size of the axes, I ax you, jus’ how large a human beans were walkin’ around at the bottom of that lake way back then?
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posted on
09/12/2009 7:34:52 PM PDT
by
webschooner
(First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -- Mahatma Gandhi)
To: decimon
They look more like spear heads.
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posted on
09/12/2009 8:56:04 PM PDT
by
steveab
(When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
To: Straight Vermonter
Im no archeologist so how do they know these are axe heads and not adzes or plows or some other implement?
I’m not either but I am a flint knapper and a collector of flint artifacts. I’ve personally found large flint bifaces on the ranch, some as long as 15 inches and about 1 inch thick. One explanation could be they’re just the result of spawling down a much larger stone so they’re easier to transport back; I do the same thing myself. Another idea, which was suggested by a friend of mine who is an archeologist, seems to think they carried large bifaces with them so they could strike off smaller and sharper flakes, as they needed them.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:59:21 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Daniel II
This is the first proven prehistoric case of “I used to have a lot of weapons but I lost them all in a tragic canoing accident”
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:02:48 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
To: Dusty Road; Straight Vermonter; SunkenCiv
Would not large axes be needed to feel large trees that were later transported over water - and the boat presumably sinking taking the axes with it?
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:04:40 AM PDT
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Nikas777
(En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
To: decimon
An early S.A.L.T. (Stone Axe Limitation Treaty) disposal site?
To: SunkenCiv
Loved this: suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today
Elementary, my dear Wetson. "once" is not "at once." The relative drier, or wetter, is to the once is as at once it was either the drier or the wetter. Can no one see this?
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
the region was once much drier and wetter than it is todaySimultaneously?
To: decimon
Have they “axed” the locals what they know about these?
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:16:21 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Nikas777
Logs don’t generally need a boat to make a trip over water. :’)
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:19:50 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: decimon
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:20:38 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: GeronL
Careful reader award!
Those Oxford University researchers, doncha know.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:24:06 AM PDT
by
Sparko
(Obama & Czars: neutering the American Voter, perverting the Constitution, all on our dime.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yes they do. Logs in tow. Look up a great documentary called “Alone in the Wilderness” about a gut building his log cabin in Alaska where he tows the trees he felled in his boat.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:38:01 AM PDT
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Nikas777
(En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
To: Nikas777
...he tows the trees he felled in his boat.How many trees were growing in his boat?
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:40:00 AM PDT
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decimon
To: freedomlover
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:44:28 AM PDT
by
Daniel II
(I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)
To: count-your-change
Biguns, hee hee hee
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:46:16 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Nikas777
Mine was in reference to the idea that logs sink.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:34:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: webschooner
I ax you, jus how large a human beans were walkin around at the bottom of that lake way back then?Tall enough to keep their noses above water.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:50:07 AM PDT
by
norton
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/14/2009 11:14:25 AM PDT
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Nikas777
(En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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