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Flint artifacts show rounded pits where "pot lids" flaked off in the heat of a prehistoric fire. [Ron Shimelmitz]

Ron Shimelmitz

1 posted on 12/13/2014 6:40:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

If one heats up the flint before knapping, one gets sharper edges.


4 posted on 12/13/2014 6:46:50 PM PST by null and void (Will the obama love story be called Broke Barack Mountin' or The Love That Dare Not Say Hussein?)
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To: SunkenCiv
humans did not master fire until hundreds of thousands of years after they expanded into cold climates

Wow, how did they survive without it? I've always assumed they didn't migrate into cold areas until they had mastered it.

5 posted on 12/13/2014 7:02:11 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m sure the Pali’s will be claiming they’re the rightful owners any day now.


6 posted on 12/13/2014 7:44:32 PM PST by Bullish (He's just NOT presidential material.)
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