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The World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older Than Scientists Thought, a New Analysis Suggests
- Researchers at ObBazowa Cave in Poland announced the discovery of the oldest known mammoth-ivory boomerang, dated to 42,290–39,280 years ago, challenging assumptions about its origins.
- Faced with earlier radiocarbon dates of around 18,000 years, Talamo's Bayesian modeling recalibrated the boomerang's age to approximately 39,280–42,290 years, resolving dating conflicts.
- Bayesian modeling dates the site's main occupation between 42,810–38,550 cal BP, with the boomerang dating to 42,290–39,280 cal BP and found alongside a human phalanx.
- The study suggests the European boomerang predates Australian wooden ones by 30,000 years, challenging the idea of boomerang origins being exclusive to Australians.
- The discovery of a mammoth ivory boomerang in Poland, dated to roughly 42,000 years ago, suggests early Europeans developed complex symbolic tools independently during the Early Aurignacian, reshaping understanding of cognitive evolution.
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Ice Age Humans Crafted The Oldest Known European Boomerang From Mammoth Ivory
Scientists have discovered what may be one of the oldest boomerangs in the world, hidden in a Polish cave for tens of thousands of years. The post Ice Age Humans Crafted The Oldest Known European Boomerang From Mammoth Ivory appeared first on Study Finds.
Boomerang found in Poland may be oldest ever reported
An international team of scientists with a variety of backgrounds has found evidence that a boomerang found in a cave in Poland decades ago may be the oldest one ever reported. In their study published on the open-access site PLOS One, the group analyzed artifacts found near the boomerang to learn more about its age.
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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought
A boomerang discovered in a Polish cave was originally dated as 18,000 years old, but it may have been contaminated by preservation materials. A new estimate suggests the mammoth-ivory artefact is 40,000 years old
In the summer of 1985 the extraordinary thing happened. A team of Polish researchers began digging the cave of Obłazowa, located in the Cordillera de los Carpathos Occidentales, the only known archaeological site of the Upper Paleolithic Early in the Podhale Basin (Poland). Shortly after the excavation began, the objects began to sprout from the earth. Among the findings was what appeared to be a 72 centimetres long boomeran made from a mammoth …
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