Research on Bones

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“A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebral skeleton. Bones support and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals and also enable mobility.” (1)

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“Bones can be used to make flutes. For this use, bird bones are especially popular, as they are naturally hollow. Two Stone Age German caves, Geissenklösterle and Hohle Fels, have yielded such bone flute artifacts. (2)

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“The Clovis people of prehistoric North America made fluted, sharpened projectiles out of wood or bone.” (3)

 

 

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“Pieces of bones, whether from turtle plastrons or the scapulae of oxen or water buffalo, were used to divine the future in ancient China.” (2)

 

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“During the Upper Paleolithic in Europe, woolly mammoths provided shelter in the form of their huge bones. The bones used for dwellings were long and flat, tusks, or connected vertebrae, and were often lashed together or implanted in the soil. That the Neanderthalsconstructed these shelters suggests they are smarter than they are popularly depicted.” (2)

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(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone

(2) http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-creative-uses-bones.php

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