12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology
The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone in the development of rotational tools.
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These 12,000-year-old Natufian artifacts may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
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12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel
The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.
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Pebbles Push Back the Invention of the Wheel to About 12,000 Years Ago
Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
When connected, they form a rudimentary wheel-and-axle mechanism that can spin fibers like wool or flax into yarn more ...
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I tested 3 vinyl record cleaning systems – and the results were both revelatory and depressing
So, you’ve got a bunch of vinyl records, and you probably want more. One thing you’ve probably learned in your time with ...
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Wolverine Wednesday #80
Funny beats, like Wolverine references the title of the mini-series! And of course violent beats. I really, really hope ...
People urged to check Hot Wheels to see if they have a toy worth £3,200 as rarest and most valuable cars revealed
IF you have a few Hot Wheels cars in your attic from when you were a child, now may be the time to check how much they could ...