On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:26:47 -0500, william <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Robert Kesterson wrote:
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>> Nah.  Paleo man would have cracked the bones open and sucked the marrow  
>> out.  :)
>>
> So how? I don't know how to crack bones open. Butchers use a saw, not  
> paleo. I can imagine it with my six pound hammer and a cold chisel, but  
> seems too difficult.
>
> Anyone ever done it with stone tools?

I've not done it personally, but I have no doubt I could if I wanted to.   
Animals use stones to crack nuts open (chimps do it, and I've seen  
squirrels do it), so man using stones to crack bones isn't much of a  
stretch.  A google search on "paleolithic", "crack", "bones", and "marrow"  
returns several articles which mention the practice.

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