Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Stone Age Superglue Found -- Hints at Unknown Smarts?

Stone Age Superglue Found -- Hints at Unknown Smarts?:

"Stone Age humans were adept chemists who whipped up a sophisticated kind of natural glue, a new study says. They knowingly tweaked the chemical and physical properties of an iron-containing pigment known as red ochre with the gum of acacia trees to create adhesives for their shafted tools."



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