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11 Dec 25 - 06:01 PM (#4232838) Subject: BS: When East Anglia invented fire From: Jack Campin The date for the domestication of fire just got pushed back from 50,000 years to 400,000 years. discovery at Barnham in Suffolk Needs a memorial. Or a celebratory morris dance about twirling sticks. |
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12 Dec 25 - 11:42 AM (#4232881) Subject: RE: BS: When East Anglia invented fire From: Paul Burke The earliest culture on the site was Clactonian, and there are tools in Clacton to this day. I wonder what dating methods they used? Too far back for carbon-14. And it wasn't twirling sticks - they were using flint and pyrites, just like a cigarette lighter. Pity they didn't find traces of the lighter fuel... |
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12 Dec 25 - 04:14 PM (#4232893) Subject: RE: BS: When East Anglia invented fire From: Dave the Gnome there are tools in Clacton to this day Aye, but they only visit occasionaly |
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15 Dec 25 - 01:17 PM (#4233015) Subject: RE: BS: When East Anglia invented fire From: Mr Red Clacton has a Farage Balloon - gasbag full of hot air. yea I know, should have been "light gas gasbag", but pedantry is rarely humorous |
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17 Dec 25 - 01:29 PM (#4233115) Subject: RE: BS: When East Anglia invented fire From: keberoxu Now there is a feature article in the New York Times about this. Sorry I can't link to the article. |