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Offline bubby

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new stone tool find
« on: May 25, 2015, 11:24:55 am »
Anybody read about the new find in Kenya? It pushed back the record of oldest find by about 700,000 years
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Offline vinemaplebows

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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2015, 12:35:40 pm »
Seen it, very interesting.. :)
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2015, 04:57:34 pm »
Quote from: bubby on May 25, 2015, 11:24:55 am
Anybody read about the new find in Kenya? It pushed back the record of oldest find by about 700,000 years
What did who find?
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2015, 05:29:07 pm »
Stone tool find in Kenya predating the earliest previous find by 700,000 years
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2015, 05:40:49 pm »
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Re: new stone tool find
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2015, 08:44:29 pm »
Interesting. Makes ya wonder.
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Offline autologus

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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2015, 08:34:17 am »
Maybe they are just rocks, they did not look very tool like.  I know a tool could be an unworked rock to crack open a Hickory nut but, to me the anthropological leap is when man started working the natural resources to make improved tools.

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Offline bubby

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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2015, 08:57:04 am »
A tool can also be a stone crudely broken to get a sharp edge, if one whack accomplished that oh well, we shall see
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Offline Zuma

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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2015, 10:27:28 am »
Thanks for the info Jo jo and bubby.
I have been following east African discoveries for a very
 long time. These stones seem like the real deal.
It would be hard to get something fake like this past the
 peer review lol.
Knapping had to start some where.
What is amazing to me is knapping was a human trait for
3 million years but was lost in just 400 in the western hemisphere.
You would think it would be genetic??
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2015, 10:38:53 am »
Zuma they did mention that with the age of the items found that you didn't have to be very intelligent to make stone tools, that explains a lot :o :laugh:
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