These 12,000-year-old stones may finally prove when the wheel was invented, scientists say
Scientists might be closer to learning who invented the wheel after discovering stone spindle stabilizers in Israel that date ...
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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 ...
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These Mysterious 12,000-Year-Old Pebbles May Be Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Tools ...
Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
These perforated stones resemble spindle whorls — weighted, round objects traditionally attached to a spindle stick. When ...
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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 ...