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A spear-throwing tool called an atlatl may have levelled the playing field for ancient hunters – using the tool, women can launch spears with the same velocity as men can
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Men typically throw objects with a greater velocity than women can – but with a spear-launching tool called an atlatl, men and women’s throwing velocity is indistinguishable
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Flintknapping is a risky business. Hobbyists have reported injuries ranging from flint in the eye to a hammerstone to the testicle. A quarter of those asked have experienced injuries requiring medical attention.
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Modern flintknappers experience a wide variety of injuries that could have led to life-changing consequences or death for ancient humans making stone tools
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How severe can flintknapping injuries be? Nicholas Gala of @AnthroKentState worked with Metin Eren, Stephen Lycett and Michelle Bebber to survey modern knappers and show how risky cuts and infections were for early humans. #Flintknapping #Archaeology
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For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more...
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The craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood. Learn more: https://t.co/pC9ET5l8Ml
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For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more...
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Graduate student Michael Bliss receives research award from The Explorers Club! https://t.co/joyIxbMkCT
#Explorers_Club #UndeniablyKSU #Explorers_Club @KSU_CollegeofAS
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Does an Ice Age stone toolkit work as well as modern knives to butcher a bison? Our archaeologists teamed up with Steve Rinella and Meateater to find out! Butchering a Bison with Clovis Points and Tools https://t.co/VkOzVedJ41 via @YouTube
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Congratulations to Dr. Jones on her successful defense!
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Some rocks identified as having been used by Stone Age humans as tools have later been reclassified as just a stone. But researchers have collated untouched Antarctic rocks to compare them with
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That will help archaeologists who study the Palaeolithic
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📣Exciting new paper in collaboration with @AnthroKentState and the British Antarctic Survey (@BAS_News)📣 #OpenAccess #LithicTechnologies #BritishAntarcticSurvey @NERCscience
https://t.co/D8vYAIW2vf
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PhD student Emilee Hart (Takeshita lab) wins second place at the Three Minute Thesis competition! https://t.co/a0vuJ2EQQz
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Be good to your brain & learn some stress-busting skills: Sign up for a FREE mindfulness & meditation class! https://t.co/9SsgdEkoBP
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Nicholas Gala earned his B.S. in @AnthroKentState (2022) and will pursue a master’s @utulsa. For his senior honors thesis he surveyed modern flintknappers to document their injuries and understand how it relates to past people? https://t.co/AhqxDkjBoF
https://t.co/gJFdCdONHb
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Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you.
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Conrad graduated w/Honors in '21 earning a B.S. @AnthroKentState and is now pursuing a Ph.D. @OhioState. “Experimental archaeology was really exciting to me. It seemed like the opportunities were endless. I really got a taste for all of it." @KSUExArchLab
https://t.co/o70g5Geg9f
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