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20th February 2005, 10:09 PM
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Interesting! I had the same "It's a hand-axe, no, wait, it's too small" reaction.
Not that I'm arguing. The one hand axe I got to handle in Anthropology way back when was a bit bigger than my hand, or about twice the size of the example you've got here. It was also right handed, something I noticed as a leftie... Yours is also missing the point that I saw on the other one. Oh well, at least it shows that they weren't standardizing their knives even then  Neat blade! Fearn |
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21st February 2005, 02:41 AM
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I guessed hand axe first! It's probably not chert, though.
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21st February 2005, 02:57 AM
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My favorite response was: "So...I guess that means that it's not Moro."
Priceless!!!! On the serious side, I keep watching as they have to keep going back and revising tool abilities and such, not only on early humans, but proto-humans and even animals. Recent information seems to suggest that we humans may not even have a monopoly on serial killings, with the animal culprit being.....................Flipper!!!!!! Is nothing sacred any longer? Ooops...there goes serious. Sorry |
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21st February 2005, 02:37 PM
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If you want sacred, maybe it is for circumcision.
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21st February 2005, 08:05 PM
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Andrew, do not have your lawyerly juices getting too hot: even in Ethiopia the statue of limitations is shorter than 2 mln years. |
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21st February 2005, 08:08 PM
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