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Ridiculous. One thick side for gripping, one long sharp edge for cutting, both of which taper to a point for poking and drilling. How did they ever think of th
by Geonode 4y ago
Ridiculous. One thick side for gripping, one long sharp edge for cutting, both of which taper to a point for poking and drilling.
How did they ever think of this masterpiece? Must have been traveling engineers in a complex social network spanning continents.
- rntn 4y agoFurther discussion from the author : https://theconversation.com/65-000-year-old-stone-swiss-army-knives-show-early-humans-had-long-distance-social-networks-184648 https://theconversation.com/65-000-year-old-stone-swiss-army... Original paper : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12677-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12677-5
- gus_massa 4y agoI think it's also useful to see how difficult is to make this stuff. For example this video by Skallagrim: "Flintknapping: The First Arrow Points I've Made" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgwpXivSIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgwpXivSIM In particular it's important to notice that they didn't just add sharp edges to whatever stone they found, they shaped the stone first.