These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
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.
Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...
Researchers have analyzed a collection of donut-shaped, perforated stones an archaeological site dating back about 12,000 ...
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of ...
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
The invention of the wheel is a major breakthrough in human history. But now, the records may have to be rewritten - as the ...
A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...
Three researchers from the University of Bologna contributed to this longstanding debate in the latest issue of Antiquity, ...
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