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Oldest Yet Known Metal Object Discovered in the Middle East
Live Scient ^ | August 22, 2104 | Charles Q. Choi

Posted on 08/22/2014 8:00:53 PM PDT by fatez

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A copper awl is the oldest metal object unearthed to date in the Middle East. The discovery reveals that metals were exchanged across hundreds of miles in this region more than 6,000 years ago, centuries earlier than previously thought, researchers say.
1 posted on 08/22/2014 8:00:54 PM PDT by fatez
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To: fatez

Pretty cool pictures at the site.


2 posted on 08/22/2014 8:01:39 PM PDT by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: fatez

Is that awl there is? /Peggy Lee


3 posted on 08/22/2014 8:02:04 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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Someone give Clearcase a rim shot please...


4 posted on 08/22/2014 8:03:00 PM PDT by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


5 posted on 08/22/2014 8:04:58 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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6 posted on 08/22/2014 8:05:09 PM PDT by Bratch
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6000 years ago, 4000 years before Christ.
That IS old, even before the Egyptians.

Apparently OUR very own ancestors Homo sapiens sapiens evolved into what we are today around 200,000 years ago, in Africa.
THAT is even older.

So what we humans doing from 200,000 BC - 4000 B.C.? That is a HUGE chunk of time.

7 posted on 08/22/2014 8:06:21 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: ClearCase_guy

Is that awl ya got?


8 posted on 08/22/2014 8:08:26 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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Is that awl there is? /Peggy Lee

If that's all there is...then lets keep daaaaaancing. ♪♫♪♫♪♫
Let's break out the booze and have a baaaaall. ♪♫♪♫♪♫

9 posted on 08/22/2014 8:08:32 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Bratch

Made out of raw copper?


10 posted on 08/22/2014 8:09:41 PM PDT by Domangart (Tho I walk Through the valley of Wall Mart, I fear no man.)
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This is one reason why I love FR. Informative and funny-—good stuff!

kg/nancy


11 posted on 08/22/2014 8:12:07 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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That is an unbelievable chunk of time.


12 posted on 08/22/2014 8:12:11 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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13 posted on 08/22/2014 8:18:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: cloudmountain

I refuse to believe all these stories are lost. I believe, without any evidence, that it’s all recorded. Somewhere.


14 posted on 08/22/2014 8:18:51 PM PDT by DManA
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To: ClearCase_guy

Old news...

They struck awl in the middle east years ago!


15 posted on 08/22/2014 8:19:24 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: Domangart

It’s not surprising that copper was our first useful metal. You can find almost pure copper in nature.


16 posted on 08/22/2014 8:20:02 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

The Akashic records.


17 posted on 08/22/2014 8:20:49 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Along with first recorder will stating: Someday this awl will be yours.


18 posted on 08/22/2014 8:21:50 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: DManA

And if is ductile enough that primitives could work it.


19 posted on 08/22/2014 8:23:20 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: cloudmountain

Some dude invented the surf board around 150,000 BC. Things kind of went downhill from there.


20 posted on 08/22/2014 8:23:24 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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