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Warpy

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2. Why not? However, it could have been made by a woman for her husband or
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 11:37 PM
Aug 2017

for a favorite child who was coming of age. Hunter-gatherer societies have a lot of down time.

My own favorite object is a hand axe, a beautifully ergonomic but utilitarian object until you look more closely. In the direct center is a fossilized shell embedded into the rock. It's obvious that this was designed to keep this special object not only in place, but in the center. An artist made this. The date is 250,000 years ago, before modern homo sap sap had appeared anywhere.

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