Here are the latest pebbles and boulders of news from the world of rock.
1) For those of you who thought that Smuttynose was just a good beer (like me).
Stone tools and artifacts are found on the Isles Of Shoals
http://www.physorg.com/news170617269.html
2) Early humans used two-sided stone axes in Europe up to 900,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2976/european-hand-axes-nearly-a-million-years-old
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46964/title/Europe%E2%80%99s_oldest_stone_hand_axes_emerge_in_Spain
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/03/prehistoric-hand-axes.html
3) Research suggests that Shawnee Lookout in Ohio was the largest continuously occupied hilltop settlement established by any Native American group.
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=10585
4) A 10,000 year broken spear point is found in a rock overhang in Coshoctan County, Ohio
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/04/fluted_point.ART_ART_09-04-09_B1_F3EVFK9.html
5) Ancient Egyptian temples were aligned so precisely with astronomical events that people could set their political, economic and religious calendars by them. So finds a study of 650 temples, some dating back to 3000 BC. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327243.000-egyptian-temples-followed-heavenly-plans.html
6) Cave Art handprints in France and Spain were made by females. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article6829451.ece
7) Giant Stone-Age Axes are found in an African lake basin. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090911134624.htm http://www.physorg.com/news171790409.html
8) A remote Neolithic burial mound on an Orkney island may contain carvings of human eyes and eyebrows. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8260611.stm
Welcome to the list Raymundo and David.
Keep on freein' up the rock world!
Rob