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Re:Archaeologist explains innovation of 'fluting' ancient st... by ori_b on Monday April 10, 2017 @05:30PM (#14082740)
> "It's amazing to think that people 12,000 years ago were flaking shock absorbers and engineering stone weapons in a way that it took 21st century modern engineering to figure out," Eren said.

Engineering implies forethought. If they didn't want to imply forethought, they should have used different words.

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Re:Archaeologist explains innovation of 'fluting' ancient st... by Steko on Monday April 10, 2017 @08:29PM (#14083818)
They did use some different words, "perhaps first made by accident."
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