New York Post1mon
These 12,000-year-old stones may finally prove when the wheel was invented, scientists say
That makes these rolling stones 6,000 years older than the presently known oldest wheels, per a study published recently in the journal “Plos One.” “These perforated stones are actually the ...
New Scientist1mon
12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools
Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel ...
12,000-Year-Old “Wheels”? Archaeologists Discover Ancient Technology in Israel
Natufian spindle whorls from 12,000 years ago represent the earliest fast-spinning technology in the Levant, shedding light ...
Ars Technica29d
To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle?
Pottery wheels, which emerged a bit later ... of years (although that’s not impossible), so wooden spindle whorls from a site as old as Nahal Ein-Gev II are invisible to archaeologists.
KHQ1mon
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 would feature in a wheel and axle arrangement to allow the spinning of ...