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Fibres Rotted and Disappeared, but Small Traces Remained in the Tools: Archaeologists Are Rebuilding Ropes and Wires Used in the Stone Age
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Stone Age people made ropes and threads from plant fibers. Researchers at the University of Tübingen and other institutions are examining excavated tools and recreating rope-making processes using replicated tools to explore the technology and lifestyle of that time. Read more...
Much of the technologies used by the first humans disappeared without leaving recognizable objects. Strings, wires, nets and baskets were produced with materials that decompose easily, unlike stone tools. Now, microscopic traces are helping to rebuild the ropes of the Stone Age, revealing techniques that may have transformed hunting, transportation...
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