12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
They propose that these stones, likely used as spindle whorls, represent an early form of rotational technology that could have influenced the development of later inventions, including the potter’s wheel and the cart wheel. These perforated stones ...
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
More information: 12,000-year-old spindle whorls and the innovation of wheeled rotational technologies, PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312007 Provided by Public Library of Science
12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel
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.
These 12,000 Natufian artifacts may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
The archaeological site of Nahal Ein Gev, located in Israel’s Jordan Rift Valley, has long been recognized as an ancient center of technological innovation. Now, researchers have unearthed yet another fascinating technology,
Pebbles Push Back the Invention of the Wheel to About 12,000 Years Ago
Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version of a spinning wheel.
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 ...
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Adopted 7-year-old killed, left in ditch in 1959, WI cops say. Birth family now ID’d
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UPDATE: Modesto Teen Fatally Shot in Turlock with 59 Year Old Suspect Arrested After License Plate Reader Aids Police
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Genetic scientists speak about technology used to make an arrest in a Dunn County cold case
After holding a news conference just last week regarding an arrest made in a decades-old cold case in Dunn County, scientists ...