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To: blam

Question: If I find a rock today which is n years old and make it into a tool and, 1000 years from now, someone discovers and dates the tool - how old is the tool??


76 posted on 06/09/2005 3:36:49 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Good question!!


80 posted on 06/09/2005 10:02:19 AM PDT by Eaker (Festive camaraderie and adrenaline addiction, with weapons and lots of ammo, leads to no good.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate; blam

Further, if somebody had gotten their hands on the meteor from Mars found up in the Artic and made a hand axe could it be construed as an armed Martian invasion?


83 posted on 06/09/2005 10:25:00 AM PDT by Eaker (Festive camaraderie and adrenaline addiction, with weapons and lots of ammo, leads to no good.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
"Question: If I find a rock today which is n years old and make it into a tool and, 1000 years from now, someone discovers and dates the tool - how old is the tool??"

One method: All rocks have a patina (varnish) on their surfaces. There would be old patina and 'new' patina and can be (somewhat) dated.

84 posted on 06/09/2005 10:30:36 AM PDT by blam
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