PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 days agoA mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years oldarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkA mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years oldarstechnica.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 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-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoI’m pretty sure it was because red stripes make it go faster.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 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-up3·12 days agoYaay, thx! Last cake day closer to 2000 than 2050.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoSome 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.
Some parts of being human are universal
go-faster stripes?