Detail of the handle of digging stick no. 2 on the paleosurface U2 of the Poggetti Vecchi site. PNAS
Detail of the handle of digging stick no. 2 on the paleosurface U2 of the Poggetti Vecchi site. PNAS
So easy even a cave man can do it.
Wooden tools 171,000 years old that didn’t rot away? Color me a bit skeptical.
Fire also hardens wooden tools; it is not just used to shape the tool. I suspect they did it more for hardening than shaping. But what do I know?
Ayla ?
I’m thinking either a rake or hoe handle; early True Temper.
"They're Tiki torches, goes with this South Pacific theme I had landscaped with the Jacuzzi."
I’ve never considered Boxwood to be a timber.
I guess timber is British for wood?
Aahhh, I’m just a simple housewife, but isn’t it well established that the Neanderthals thrived during the Ice Age? You’d assume that, barring the discovery of a thick pelt, fire use would be a given.
