Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.CARNet.hr!Iskon!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mario Petrinovic Newsgroups: sci.anthropology.paleo Subject: Re: Reading 758-27 (archive) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 15:01:56 +0100 Organization: Iskon Internet d.d. Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 83-131-184-178.adsl.net.t-com.hr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sunce.iskon.hr 1734184915 32137 83.131.184.178 (14 Dec 2024 14:01:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iskon.hr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 14:01:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241214-4, 14.12.2024.), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2342 On 14.12.2024. 5:34, JTEM wrote: >  Mario Petrinovic wrote: >> On 13.12.2024. 6:45, JTEM wrote: >>>   Mario Petrinovic wrote: >>>>          We have blade technology 500 kya. >>> >>> We had throwing spears 400,000 years ago. Blades >>> go back millions of years, if you want to get >>> technical. >> >>          The last that I heard is that blades started to occur 500 >> kya, and they became common 300 kya, if I recall correctly. > > It's kind of funny how a chimp banging something with a rock > is "a tool" but early Homo (or even pre homo) BREAKING rocks > to produce sharp flakes for cutting isn't a "Blade." > > They were sharp and used for cutting! > > Put another way:  How far back do CUT MARKS go? > > Cut marks == blade > > No? > > I say yes, and your blades go back 3 million years plus, but > some evidence. > >>          It looks like you are confusing something. Not every sharp >> edge is a blade. Blade tool is only a sickle, there is no other blade >> tool. Blades have sense only as a sickle. > > A "Blade" is a "Tool" with a sharp edge used for cutting. A knife is sickle, a and a sickle is knife. No, it isn't.