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Discovered: The tool could potentially 'set back our known history'.

Incredibly exciting rare pre-Ice Age handaxe discovered on Orkney

1 posted on 06/11/2011 9:44:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Those are on sale at Home Depot this week.


2 posted on 06/11/2011 9:48:47 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Sorry, we're all out of free Lazamatazes! Come back next year!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Kind of looks like a rock to me...


6 posted on 06/11/2011 10:04:56 PM PDT by Silly (Okay, I'm getting just a little sick of this bereaved chicken-widow crap!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Or, an archaeologist planted it there.


7 posted on 06/11/2011 10:05:06 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: SunkenCiv

We have a whole collection of tools that look like that. The Indians on the WA coast were still stone age in the 1800s. We have all sizes, too. You can tell that some are kid size. The Indians here probably used them to open clam shells, etc.

The one thing that no one seems to be able to identify looks like a stone hot dog.


10 posted on 06/11/2011 10:16:45 PM PDT by Eva
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To: SunkenCiv

But how do you date something made from a chunk of rock? Very lucky that the guy decided to pick it up. I might have seen that and said, “oh, chunk of rock”.


16 posted on 06/11/2011 11:44:47 PM PDT by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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The axe, which was found on a stretch of shore in St Ola by a local man walking along the beach...

The 'local man' was immediately arrested by Scotland Yard for Possession of a Deadly Weapon and is being held without bail. The Police are looking for possible connections between this local man and unsolved Axe Murders that go back to 400,000 B.C.

When asked by reporters for a comment, Scotland Yard Inspector John Barrymoore Smythwilkessonjun said: "We can't be too careful nowadays. People just can't go around willy-nilly alleged;y 'finding axes on a beach'."

23 posted on 06/12/2011 5:14:16 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A.Einstein])
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To: SunkenCiv

i wonder how they put the axe handle on? it doesnt look like it has a narrow neck for easy attachment.
split a branch and wrap it around?


25 posted on 06/12/2011 5:56:08 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: SunkenCiv
I bet the warranty is still good compared to that Chinese crap we import...
27 posted on 06/12/2011 6:24:53 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SunkenCiv
Is that a Susan B. Anthony dollar they are using for comparison?
30 posted on 06/12/2011 8:35:58 AM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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32 posted on 06/12/2011 8:48:19 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like a hammer to me, but then, so does most everything.


33 posted on 06/12/2011 9:01:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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