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We Thought We Knew What These Ancient Daggers Were Used For, But We Were Wrong
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | May 10, 2022 | CALLUM MCKELVIE

Posted on 05/10/2022 7:09:40 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 05/10/2022 7:09:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

PinGGG!.....................


2 posted on 05/10/2022 7:10:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Please delete this article. The science was settled long ago.

There is no room for disinformation like this. We know what we know and that is it!

/sarc


3 posted on 05/10/2022 7:11:12 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: Red Badger

What’s this? Could it be true that once upon a time humans used sharp metal implements to carve the flesh of animals? Can this lost technology be revived?


4 posted on 05/10/2022 7:11:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: SunkenCiv

Of course these were made for practical everyday uses.

Ancient people didn’t have time to make objects for ‘ceremonial’ use, they were to busy trying to SURVIVE...................


5 posted on 05/10/2022 7:12:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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6 posted on 05/10/2022 7:13:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Look like spear points.


7 posted on 05/10/2022 7:13:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ancient Ginsu.............................


8 posted on 05/10/2022 7:14:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Some probably were spears, some swords and some daggers................


9 posted on 05/10/2022 7:15:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

And that Grant Money just keeps on coming!!


10 posted on 05/10/2022 7:15:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ClearCase_guy

We may have to.....................


11 posted on 05/10/2022 7:15:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Why would they even think they were merely ceremonial. That’s not even a reasonable guess.


12 posted on 05/10/2022 7:16:31 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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13 posted on 05/10/2022 7:16:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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14 posted on 05/10/2022 7:17:53 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Sacajaweau

I was thinking the same thing. Metals were far too valuable for there to be that many status/ceremonial items.


15 posted on 05/10/2022 7:19:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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16 posted on 05/10/2022 7:20:34 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

They were clearly used as can openers.


17 posted on 05/10/2022 7:21:21 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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18 posted on 05/10/2022 7:22:03 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

Sooooo ... the knives were used for .... cutting?


19 posted on 05/10/2022 7:23:40 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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Sure... ancient humans fighting the elements, starvation and wild predators had the time and energy to make ‘ceremonial’ weapons???

Seriously??


20 posted on 05/10/2022 7:24:20 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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