“Archaeologists excavating a cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany have found what they believe is a rope-making tool nearly 40,000 years old.
The rope-making tool is a carefully carved and well-preserved piece of mammoth ivory…
The find is 8 inches (20.4 cm) long and has four holes 0.27-0.35 inches (7-9 mm) in diameter. Each of the holes is lined with deep and precisely cut spiral incisions.
“These elaborate carvings are technological features of rope-making equipment rather than just decoration,” the scientists said…”
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