Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...

Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

They’re literally reinventing the wheel. Scientists might be closer to learning who invented the ... and-axle format that helps the spindle spin faster and longer, Phys.org reported.

A new analysis of 12,000-year-old stones from Israel shows that they may be the earliest evidence of this society-changing ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a collection of 12,000-year-old perforated stones that might represent one of ...

The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone ...

Spindle whorls, round, weighted objects that are attached to a spindle stick, form a similar wheel-and-axle-like device to help the spindle rotate faster and longer, enabling it to efficiently gather ...

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

The invention of the wheel is a major breakthrough in human history. But now, the records may have to be rewritten - as the ...

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...