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flag Archaeologists find 12,000-year-old stones in Israel that may be the earliest spindle whorls.

flag Archaeologists have unearthed 12,000-year-old perforated stones in Israel that may be the earliest known spindle whorls, tools used for spinning fibers into yarn. flag Found at the Nahal Ein Gev site, these stones suggest early humans grasped rotational technology, which later evolved into wheels. flag The discovery pushes back the timeline of wheel-like technology by thousands of years, indicating a gradual development in rotational mechanics.

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