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Ötzi, the 5,300 year old iceman
Jun 21st, 2018 at 2:58am
 
Here is a study of the stone tools and weapons found of the Iceman that lived in the Copper Age, between 3370-3100 BCE

What I found particularly interesting was that Copper Age communities did maintain long-distance contacts with other communities.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198292
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Reply #1 - Jun 22nd, 2018 at 1:43pm
 
Cool. Thanks for posting. I was sort of hoping they would discuss his bow, but I didn't see it up there. The pressure flaker was quite interesting. Amazing how far back such tools go.
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Reply #2 - Jul 19th, 2018 at 7:49pm
 
Wow thanks for sharing!

I can’t imagine how tough these guys were! It’s amazing how we take even a knife for granted.. but to these guys a tool like a knife was life or death...
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Reply #3 - Aug 1st, 2018 at 5:11pm
 
Fascinating!
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Reply #4 - Aug 1st, 2018 at 5:41pm
 
https://youtu.be/1xs1yd9ACYo

This video got uploaded recently on one of my favourite YouTube channels.
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