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Post by mickey on Mar 24, 2010 18:34:45 GMT -5
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Post by di66er on Mar 25, 2010 9:59:55 GMT -5
Wow that is interesting, I wonder if the moon was the model for these spheres?
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Post by romare on Mar 25, 2010 23:06:19 GMT -5
I'm betting the moon... soon as the time travel machine is ready I'm gonna go check.
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Post by di66er on Mar 26, 2010 15:18:42 GMT -5
Drop me off at Sutter's Mill 1840 please!
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Post by arappaho on Apr 2, 2010 7:14:53 GMT -5
Jeepers Creepers, those dang archaeologists have to make everything seem so mysterious.
Haven't they ever heard of "Bowling" before?
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Post by stevebarr on Apr 2, 2010 9:37:37 GMT -5
I watched a show recently where archaeologists found primitive tools made out of rocks at a remote location in South America. They spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out why humans made them and what they were used for. They were a more than a little startled when they found out that the tools weren't really ancient, and it also turned out that they were made by monkeys. The monkeys dragged rocks out of a creekbed and took them to an area a pretty good distance away where they were safe from predators, then banged them on other rocks to perfect their tools. Once they got their tools just right, they used them to smash open hard-shelled large nuts they wanted to eat. I guess humans aren't the only rockhounds in the world. And, sometimes it's easier to fool archaeologists than you might think. Now I wonder if Costa Rican monkeys also like to bowl...... www.newscientist.com/article/dn16426-nutcracking-monkeys-find-the-right-tool-for-the-job.html |
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Post by ncbbqnut on Apr 2, 2010 14:03:40 GMT -5
Where's Erich von Däniken when we need him? "Marbles of the Gods", anyone...........
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Post by arappaho on Apr 3, 2010 20:36:12 GMT -5
Interesting stuff, Steve. Funny how it makes you feel a little more "Primate-ive" than you did 15 minutes before reading that link.  |
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