Archaeologists discover 12,000-year-old pebbles that could provide new insights about the wheel
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Research published in PLOS ONE lays out a discovery that explores the history of the wheel. Researchers suggest that the12,000-year-old stones out of Israel could be examples of spindle whorls.
Of those stones found, 48 of them had complete perforation, 36 were broken items with partial holes present and 29 were unfinished items with one or two drill marks, according to the research. Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
The stones were "dominantly limestone," co-authors Talia Yasuv and Leore Grosman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in their published research, ranging in weight from 1 to 34 grams.
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