12,000-Year-Old Spindles Hint at Humanity’s First Steps Toward the Wheel
Over 100 perforated pebbles from a site near the Sea of Galilee showcase an early instance of the tech that reshaped humanity ...
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Who invented the wheel? It all started with stones
Archaeological findings in Israel push the wheel's origins back to 12,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of early ...
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Speed Challenge: Spinning a Lego Wheel to the Max
How fast can a Lego wheel spin using gears and one or two Lego motors? This time, the tire is removed to reduce vibrations and improve performance. The video tests speeds beyond 2850 RPM and ...
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12,000-year-old discovery forces experts to spin new story about wheel’s origins
While most of us learned that the wheel was invented around 3500 BCE for transportation, a groundbreaking discovery in Israel suggests we need to roll back our understanding of rotational technology ...
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These Mysterious 12,000-Year-Old Pebbles May Be Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Tools, Archaeologists Say
Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...
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12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tech
Some 12,000-year-old stones have been discovered, which may be the oldest example of wheel-like tools. The spindle whorls ...
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Plans approved to keep 'Yarmouth Eye' on council land
A Ferris wheel on Great Yarmouth’s Golden Mile will continue spinning for two more years and remain in its same location.
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Monopoly GO Investigating Spinning Problem
The Monopoly GO developer confirms that it's investigating a spinning problem regarding the Color Wheel which offers various ...
The Debrief2d
12,000-Year-Old Stones May Be Earliest Evidence of This Transformative Technology
A new analysis of 12,000-year-old stones from Israel shows that they may be the earliest evidence of this society-changing ...
Cleveland Jewish News2d
12,000-year-old spinning machine uncovered in northern Israel
A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
Researchers have analyzed a collection of donut-shaped, perforated stones an archaeological site dating back about 12,000 ...
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12,000-Year-Old Spinning Pebbles May Have Set Humanity’s Wheels In Motion
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...