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12,000-year-old stones could be ancient tools leading to wheel technology
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a collection of 12,000-year-old perforated stones that might represent one of ...
6,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Artifacts Unlock the Secrets of Writing’s Origins
Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...
12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology
The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone ...
ZME Science14h
These 12,000-year-old Natufian artifacts may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
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claiming it to be a later invention. Yet it was seized upon by businessman Nicholas Sanders who, after the physician’s death, ...
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Breakthrough Research Presented in Scientific Reports Demonstrates How Gene-Edited Microbes Offer a New Source of Nitrogen to Farmers
"Nitrogen fertilizer is arguably the most significant invention of the past century and will be essential to the world's development and food security for the foreseeable future. However, we believe ...
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
Researchers have analyzed a collection of donut-shaped, perforated stones an archaeological site dating back about 12,000 ...
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
IFLScience22h
12,000-Year-Old Spinning Pebbles May Have Set Humanity’s Wheels In Motion
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...
Who invented the wheel? Scientists think they've finally answered the age-old question
The invention of the wheel is a major breakthrough in human history. But now, the records may have to be rewritten - as the ...
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Irish woman’s cool invention scoops big prize
An Irish woman has won an award for her invention to help patients prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, inspired by her own ...
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Limerick woman wins James Dyson Award for invention preventing hair loss in cancer patients
A LIMERICK woman has won an award for her invention to help patients prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, inspired by her ...