PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoA mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years oldarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkA mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years oldarstechnica.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days ago it’s marked with deep, wide incisions, and they contain traces of red pigment. The boomerang was clearly made to be used, but it wasn’t purely utilitarian; someone wanted this thing to look cool while it was whizzing through the air.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 days agoSome parts of being human are universal
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoI’m pretty sure it was because red stripes make it go faster.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days ago(I’m a bit disgusted at how much that turned me on. That’s how I know it’s a quality turn on tho.)
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoYaay, thx! Last cake day closer to 2000 than 2050.
Some parts of being human are universal
I’m pretty sure it was because red stripes make it go faster.
(I’m a bit disgusted at how much that turned me on. That’s how I know it’s a quality turn on tho.)
Happy cake day
Yaay, thx!
Last cake day closer to 2000 than 2050.
go-faster stripes?