Definitely fewer devolved savages.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 06/07/2010 7:09:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A once-thriving 58,000-year-old ochre powder production site has just been discovered in South Africa. The discovery offers a glimpse of what early humans valued and used in their everyday lives... also marks the first time that any Stone Age site has yielded evidence for ochre powder processing on cemented hearths -- an innovation for the period. A clever caveman must have figured out that white ash from hearths can cement and become rock hard, providing a sturdy work surface. "Ochre occurs in a range of colors that includes orange, red, yellow, brown and shades of these colors," project leader Lyn Wadley told Discovery News. "Yellow and brown ochre can be transformed to red by heating them at temperatures as low as 250 degrees Celsius (482 degrees Fahrenheit)." ...ochre has been found on bone awl tools probably used for working leather, so it is possible that the ancients sported colorful leather clothing and other leather goods... Ochre is derived from naturally tinted clay that contains mineral oxides. In addition to coloring objects, it makes a compound adhesive when mixed with other ingredients, such as plant gum and animal fat... Ochre can also be used as body paint and makeup, as a preservative and as a medicinal component, so it could have served many different functions during the Stone Age... Based on the nature of the cemented ash and the geology of the Sibudu site, d'Errico believes that people 58,000 years ago intended to produce large quantities of red pigment in a short time frame.
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Definitely fewer devolved savages.
If I was out looking for something to make my world-famous Hasenpfeffer and a big cat tried to eat me and, hey, I defended myself, the next logical step would be "Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste".
:’)
That too.
SunkenCiv,
I’ve looked on the ‘net for a summary of this story and came up empty. Could you please provide one? Thanks.
Egyptian Makeup for Lips and Face For beautifying their faces, ancient Egyptians used the following:
l Ceruse. This was a white lead pigment they used to lighten their faces.
l Fat. They used goose or bear fat as wax base in adding pigments.
http://www.eye-make-up-tips.com/makeup/makeup-beauty-tips/ancient-egyptian-makeup.aspx l Red ochre. They used this type of red clay for adding colour to their lips and cheeks.
l Wine. The dregs from wine were used as their form of ancient lipstick.
l Chalk. Chalk was also used to whiten the face.
Egyptian make up was all about a white face, dark brows and lashes, and nice, red lips.
Well good thing for us Men that Women still find us Bald ol Fat Guys are da BOMB! Makeup not required.
Heard a swollen wallet helps (I wouldn’t know)
TT
It's all Greek (so to speak) to me.
Which reminds me.
Stone Age Color
The More Things Change...
That’s right. They were probably using the ochre for war paint so this was the military-industrial complex at work.
The diggers need to look nearby for the horse track.
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