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Origin of Pressure Flaking Method Pushed Back More Than 50,000 Years

marco_polo · 2010-10-29 13:18:51

A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people, pressure flaking appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago on South Africa, more than 50,000 years earlier than previous earliest known european examples of the technique.…

29-10-2010 2:18pm

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A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people, pressure flaking appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago on South Africa, more than 50,000 years earlier than previous earliest known european examples of the technique.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101028141753.htm

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#2 29-10-2010 3:55pm

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Winnb is gonna love this! :cool:

edit: Winnb? That is the worst spelling of Wibbs I've ever seen...

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#3 30-10-2010 12:20am

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ccol aint the best either tbh G. :pac:

Cool link MP.

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#4 31-10-2010 12:38pm

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What the heck has happened to my typing?

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#5 03-11-2010 1:16am

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Here ya go. Just fill in the letters.

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