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1 posted on 02/07/2024 11:07:01 AM PST by FarCenter
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I wonder what they used the rope for?


2 posted on 02/07/2024 11:09:10 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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“Ritualism was something they used to ascribe everything to,” says Wei Chu, an archaeologist at Leiden University.



3 posted on 02/07/2024 11:10:29 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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20 inches of rope per minute. That’s impressive.


4 posted on 02/07/2024 11:13:05 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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The find is more evidence the “cave man” designation applied to people in the past underestimates their innovative capacities. “People back then weren’t stupid,” Conard says. “They knew how to do all kinds of things.”


I often think the Apostle Paul was one of the best wordsmiths ever........................


7 posted on 02/07/2024 11:15:41 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: FarCenter

Neat article. Thanks.


8 posted on 02/07/2024 11:16:36 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: FarCenter

How was it dated to 35,000 years ago?


10 posted on 02/07/2024 11:19:34 AM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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I like this kind of stuff: Stone Age Man was far more intelligent, and complex, than previously thought. Stone Age Man was creative and adaptable.


11 posted on 02/07/2024 11:23:47 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Related

https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/cordage-an-interesting-article.284866/

covers this in some detail - and was posted in **8/2020**.
Seems the Science press is a tad slow....


14 posted on 02/07/2024 11:34:59 AM PST by ASOC (This space for rent)
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That's pretty good, but we still want to know what these dodecahedrons were for:

ancient

19 posted on 02/07/2024 12:16:29 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (We can never stop failing for the minute we do, we fail.)
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