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SteposVenzny@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Since neither spruce nor pine would have been available at the lakeshore, where the site was located, the research team deduced that the trees had been felled on a mountain two or three miles away or perhaps even farther.

300,000 years seems like a long time to be confident about what trees grew where, no?

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silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Each species tends to prefer very specific conditions, and in this case, they’ve got evidence that they were not manufactured where they were found. Per the paper:

They likely were introduced as finished tools to the site since working debris of the initial production stage is absent (bark/branches), while point fragments and traces of reworking demonstrate spears and DPSs were used and repaired on-site. They can be considered curated tools of personal gear used and maintained for as long as possible.

The exact location isn’t something they know, but it’s very clear that they were initially manufactured elsewhere.

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