Ep. 64: Not-trash fish, the first Ron Popeil, and the California Condor
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4.9 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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This week, Cal talks about a sentarian fish that’s not a carp, the expansion of the California condor, early hand ax innovation, and so much more.
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| 0:36.5 | From Meadier's world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review |
| 0:50.4 | with Ryan, Cal Calan. |
| 0:52.7 | Now, here's Cal. |
| 0:55.1 | Homo erectus left a handaxe carved from a hippobone in a 1.4 million-year-old layer |
| 1:03.2 | of mud. |
| 1:05.3 | This was recently excavated in Ethiopia by Tohoku University. |
| 1:10.6 | A handaxe is a common tool that required minimal shaping, but aided in a variety of tasks |
| 1:17.0 | associated with what we would call dressing and butchering game. |
| 1:21.8 | Most handaxes are about the size of your hand, no surprise there. |
| 1:26.4 | One edge is for cutting, and one edge is for holding, or holding against the back of |
| 1:31.2 | your palm. |
| 1:32.5 | The cutting edge has alternating flakes taken out of it that leave a sharp edge, and they |
| 1:37.8 | are made from stone, so this one, made from bone, is a special find. |
| 1:43.1 | In fact, this is only the second bone handaxe ever found. |
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