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Shell Art Was Carved By Homo Erectus Up To 540,000 Years Ago
hngn.com ^ | Dec 03, 2014 02:31 PM EST | By Rebekah Marcarelli

Posted on 12/03/2014 12:28:44 PM PST by BenLurkin

The shells are engraved with geometric "zigzag" patterns that predate the weathering process that caused the shells to become fossilized. The study eliminated natural occurrences or animals as the inscribers, suggesting they were created by the ancient hominids. To make their findings the researchers used two dating methods the researchers used two dating methods, which revealed the shells were carved between 430,000 and 540,000 years ago.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; homoerectus
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To: rdl6989; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks rdl6989.


21 posted on 12/03/2014 12:53:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: right way right

I tried to read the words, really, I tried; but my eyes kept crossing . . . LOL


22 posted on 12/03/2014 12:54:17 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

This picture is wrong in so many ways . . .


23 posted on 12/03/2014 12:55:04 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: Vaquero
Homo erectus split into Neanderthal and Peking man.

Wouldn't that be Beijing Man now, or hasn't he stopped Peking?

24 posted on 12/03/2014 12:56:19 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Don we now our gay apparel

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol

Fa la la la la la la la la.

25 posted on 12/03/2014 12:59:33 PM PST by Brandonmark (There is still hope for our country! 11.04.2014 - DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

And if you should suffer from a Erectus lasting more than eight hours . . .


26 posted on 12/03/2014 12:59:47 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: BenLurkin

27 posted on 12/03/2014 1:02:33 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: BenLurkin

The shells have been stored in a museum for 100 years, so how do we know someone hasn’t been messing around with them?


28 posted on 12/03/2014 1:05:15 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SunkenCiv

I tried to read this but kept getting stuned by the barbs in almost every post. I had to leave my desk... *snort*


29 posted on 12/03/2014 1:06:39 PM PST by Monkey Face (Since there is only one of me, does that make me endangered or a limited edition?)
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To: BenLurkin
I was gonna write something funny... but... ahhh... well..... Nevermind. It's been covered.
30 posted on 12/03/2014 1:14:31 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (POTUS shall now be referred to as POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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To: Straight Vermonter
That picture proves beyond a doubt that they were smarter than modern man.
Or, they were drawing pictures of the Egyptian pyramids before they were built.
Or, it's a prediction of man caused globull warming and the tidal waves about to kill us all
for being sinners of the Gaya cult. Wow, they were smart.
31 posted on 12/03/2014 1:14:32 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: smokingfrog

Usually, items stored in a museum are catalogued, so there should be a description verifying what the shells looked like 100 years ago to see if anything has changed.


32 posted on 12/03/2014 1:19:44 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: BenLurkin

Homo Scamtus

33 posted on 12/03/2014 1:23:32 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: Brandonmark

who was it who first told Carol to Troll Ancient The Yuletide anyway?


34 posted on 12/03/2014 1:31:30 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Yes, that’s proof that cavemen started the KKK.

So, it wasn’t the Democrat party after all.


35 posted on 12/03/2014 1:33:12 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: BenLurkin
Here's one of the examples of the Home Erectus art:


36 posted on 12/03/2014 1:40:59 PM PST by mbarker12474
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To: mbarker12474

Sublime!


37 posted on 12/03/2014 1:56:33 PM PST by tsomer (h)
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To: mbarker12474

I wondered when somebody would get this discussion headed in the right direction.


38 posted on 12/03/2014 1:57:48 PM PST by tsomer (h)
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To: smokingfrog
...how do we know someone hasn’t been messing around with them?

If that was the case the scratches would be fresh rather than weathered?

39 posted on 12/03/2014 2:07:56 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: BenLurkin

This is going to stir up the “when did we really become human?” debate. In short it has been a whole lot longer than the “language began 60,000 years ago crowd”. I’ve always thought that it was certainly strange to we should have waited a million years after we became physically able to speak to actually talk. That’s counter intuitive and begs the question “Why was the hyoid bone selected if not to use?”


40 posted on 12/03/2014 2:26:29 PM PST by JimSEA
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