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A WINNER IN "WORLD'S OLDEST TOOL" CONTEST

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From: Intrepid
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:39
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http://www.nurple.com/sideshow/
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First THE RUNNER-UP -- dated by Richard
Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, David Iain Greig (moderator of
talk.origins), Paul PZ Myers of the University of Minnesota at Morris,
David Pilbeam of Harvard and The Smithsonian -- at 280,000,000 years
(give or take a decade or two).
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http://www.edconrad.com/pics/OldestTool.jpg
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But THE WINNER -- dated at 280,000,042 years) -- is . . .
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http://www.edconrad.com/pics/PetrifiedPP.jpg

(Meet the man who crafted this tool long before the inventor of
Craftsman was even a twinkle in his daddy's eye and that Boy Scout
knives wouldn't be sold at WalMart for eons).
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b]MORE ON THE MAN WHO MADE THE WORLD'S OLDEST
TOOL AND WHERE PARTS OF HIS BODY WERE FOUND[/b]
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Photo shows 662-pound boulder after it was removed from between coal
veins approximately 250 feet underground.
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http://www.edconrad.com/oldascoal/page3_files/body_data/skulla.jpg
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Photo reveals the dramatic similarity to the contour of a human
cranium.
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http://www.edconrad.com/oldascoal/page3_files/body_data/skullb.jpg
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American Medical Laboratories in Chantilly,
Va., identified dried blood in granules removed from the interior of
what bears a distinct likeness to a human skull
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It also contains Haversian canals, the tell-tale
indicator of B-O-N-E (petrified or otherwise).
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MAP SHOWS WHERE PETRIFIED CRANIUM WAS FOUND
(Please Keep the Location Between You and Me)
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http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Jln&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&q=mahanoy+city+pa&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c5944e0d01bcfb:0xcb5f9d0452d77011,Mahanoy+City,+PA&gl=us&ei=83RCTt75M8ro0QGF4fGtCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCYQ8gEwAQ
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[b]WARNING -- Ignore the line below
because it doesn't mean a pot of beans./b]
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http://www.edconrad.com/wellread.html
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SEE! You should've listened.
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Subject: A WINNER IN "WORLD'S OLDEST TOOL" CONTEST
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