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Archaeologists Excited By 500,000-Year-Old Axe Find In Quarry
24hourmuseum.org.uk ^
| 12-16-2004
| David Prudames
Posted on 12/17/2004 11:37:14 AM PST by blam
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:37:15 AM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:38:05 AM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:38:36 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
I wonder how much money I could make if I let 'ARCHAEOLOGISTS' poke around in my garage?
::smiles::
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:40:55 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: blam
500,000-Year-Old AxeI stopped by just to see if anyone had posted a Helen Thomas picture, yet.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:41:02 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Sarcasm content: 0.0000000%)
To: Peach; Howlin
They found the axe the "RINO"-bashers have been grinding!
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:42:17 AM PST
by
My2Cents
(To those inclined to receive it, "Merry Christmas!" To those NOT so inclined, "Bah Humbug!")
To: blam
What's to be excited about? It likely simply evolved from bigger pieces of rock as it was simply roughed up vs. bigger pieces of rock by natural forces...given enough time.
To: blam
Ugh, andesite is tough as nail to flake. Real sturdy edge though.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:43:15 AM PST
by
Betis70
(I'm only Left Wing when I play hockey)
To: newgeezer
I stopped by just to see if anyone had posted a Helen Thomas picture, yet. That was "500,000 year-old axe," not "500,000 year-old battle-axe"
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:43:32 AM PST
by
My2Cents
(To those inclined to receive it, "Merry Christmas!" To those NOT so inclined, "Bah Humbug!")
To: blam
"Stone Age British Isles" bump.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:44:42 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
To: blam
I'd like to know how one could possibly get an accurate date on an inorganic rock. Surely this has to be an estimate...since the rock itself is surely much older. Based on the layer it was found?
Anyway, 500,000 years sounds like bunk.
To: blam
And I suppose the owner's descendents still work the same quarry. "It's been in the family for years."
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:47:30 AM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: My2Cents; Miss Marple; deport; nutmeg; McGavin999; ohioWfan; Poohbah; Diddle E. Squat; ...
ROFLMAO!
See #6, you all.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:47:49 AM PST
by
Howlin
(W, Still the President)
To: My2Cents
Why are they so sure it's half a million years old? Scientists are the most gullible people on earth according to the Amazing Randi.
Despite being half and million years old the tool is very well-preserved and will eventually go on show at Warwickshire Museum.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:48:22 AM PST
by
DManA
To: AnalogReigns
Half a million years old...it's such a nice round number.
The axe looks identical to those found round California, chiselled by Indians...er, Indigenous Peoples...about 250 years ago. I guess human technology didn't change much over 499,750 years.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:53:16 AM PST
by
My2Cents
(To those inclined to receive it, "Merry Christmas!" To those NOT so inclined, "Bah Humbug!")
To: My2Cents
Gee, another Piltdown find.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:53:59 AM PST
by
gaspar
To: gaspar
LOL...Piltdown Man's axe.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:54:27 AM PST
by
My2Cents
(To those inclined to receive it, "Merry Christmas!" To those NOT so inclined, "Bah Humbug!")
To: blam
Prolly used by the first English football hooligan against a poor Belgiae...but seriously, thanks for posting.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:55:13 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Listen...you can still hear the old media sobbing.)
To: AnalogReigns
They probably just used hand-axe typology to date it--lots of other securely dated handaxes with similar design cluster in dates around 500K, so they assign this one a date of 500K. Of course this is an article for the public so they don't talk about how it was dated since most people don't really care about such esoteric info.
Most dating techniques are estimates, even dendrochronoloy (tree-ring dating), which is why in most professional publications you will see a +/- associated with a date and often a lot time spent talking about how a particular site is dated.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:55:24 AM PST
by
Betis70
(I'm only Left Wing when I play hockey)
To: AnalogReigns
I have a problem with that age also. Something fishy here.
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posted on
12/17/2004 11:55:33 AM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
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