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1 posted on 09/12/2009 5:44:19 PM PDT by decimon
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Axes of migration ping.


2 posted on 09/12/2009 5:44:53 PM PDT by decimon
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Oxford University researchers have unearthed new evidence from the lake basin in Botswana that suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today. drier AND wetter

That really narrows it down.

3 posted on 09/12/2009 5:52:33 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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Wow! Climate change back then! Farting dinosaurs?


4 posted on 09/12/2009 5:52:42 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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What were they doing out on the lake with big hand axes like that? Trying to conk a plethiosaur on the head?


5 posted on 09/12/2009 5:54:55 PM PDT by Daniel II (I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)
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They have documented thousands of stone tools on the lake bed

Must be one of those programs to reduce stockpile of weapons...

6 posted on 09/12/2009 5:54:57 PM PDT by John123 (If Teddy was the lion of the senate... then we were the prey.)
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Seem too large to be useful. How does their size compare with that of other stone axes?


8 posted on 09/12/2009 5:58:40 PM PDT by fso301
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ping


10 posted on 09/12/2009 6:18:42 PM PDT by x_plus_one (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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I’m no archeologist so how do they know these are axe heads and not adzes or plows or some other implement?


12 posted on 09/12/2009 6:24:01 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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Humans used to live underwater?


13 posted on 09/12/2009 6:25:55 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (nothing is normal anymore)
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Big Foot nothing; we got to start looking for Big Hand


16 posted on 09/12/2009 6:30:09 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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Maybe those are arrow heads from the Big’uns people.


19 posted on 09/12/2009 7:08:05 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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climate change way way back then??

who even knew there were SUV’s so long ago??


20 posted on 09/12/2009 7:32:47 PM PDT by webschooner (First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -- Mahatma Gandhi)
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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?


21 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)
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They look more like spear heads.


22 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?)
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suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today
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24 posted on 09/14/2009 7:59:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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An early S.A.L.T. (Stone Axe Limitation Treaty) disposal site?


27 posted on 09/14/2009 8:08:58 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today

Simultaneously?

29 posted on 09/14/2009 8:12:23 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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Have they “axed” the locals what they know about these?


30 posted on 09/14/2009 8:16:21 AM PDT by csvset
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32 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)
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suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today

? much wetter and drier? anything of about 400 years old is crap shoot, the rest is utter nonsense like this story
41 posted on 09/14/2009 11:18:17 AM PDT by Scythian
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