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In a recent study about ancient ancestors, archaeologists elaborated on the earliest evidence of indigo dyeing, showing that people were grinding inedible plants for special uses nearly 34,000 years ...

16:38, Sun, Dec 27, 2020 Updated: 16:38, Sun, Dec 27, 2020 Archaeologists believe the seemingly inconspicuous rock predates the earliest known usage of such tools by some 150,000 years. The discovery ...

A grindstone (as seen in Figure 8-9) is used to sharpen bone points. By grinding for a long time, the bone point could get as sharp as a needle that could pierce hide. Bone fish hooks were ground ...

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When Vicki Couzens first laid eyes on stone tools used by her ancestors, she was in Melbourne, 250 kilometres from her Gunditjmara country, viewing items in the Leonhard Adam Collection held by the ...

Found in the soil in Penmaenmawr Conwy. Below an old stone-age settlement. Now a quarry overlooking Conwy Bay. Settlement known to make and export stone tools along the estuary. The stone is very ...