[blam]

GGG Ping.

[digger48]

"Gimme back my lighter..."

[N. Theknow]

Chinese archaeologists said that parts of an instrument to make fire, dating back to 8,000 years ago, have been found in east China's Zhejiang Province.

Definitely an old flame.

[Brilliant]

Hmmmm... My pastor says that the God created the world only 5,000 years ago.

[SunkenCiv]

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[yankeedame]

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese archaeologists said that parts of an instrument to make fire, dating back to 8,000 years ago, have been found in east China's Zhejiang Province.

A) Can a piece of wood -- esp. one deliberately fashioned in a certain way -- survive in one piece, intact for 8,000 years?

Esp. considering Zhejiang Province is right smack on the coast, for pete sake, and not in the middle of some gawd-forsaken desert!

B) Has this 8,000 find been shown to anyone outside the CC "scientific community"? You know, like say some Western archaeologists/scientist,or scientific magazines, or even non-CC photographers?

[-YYZ-]

There's gotta be a good joke in here somewhere about a "Chinese fire drill" LOL!

[Fiddlstix]

[mkmensinger]

In 8000 years, some archaeologist will dig up somebody's KFC dinner and conclude that we had chickens with 12 wings and no legs.