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Re:Early human ancestors turned stones into spheres on purpo... by sqeaky on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:49PM (#37411112)
"Spheres"

Have look at the pic in the article, not exactly polished ball bearings.

Those would be easy to ignore and nature makes plenty of more spherical rocks. Most rivers have shores with better looking "spheres".

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Re:Early human ancestors turned stones into spheres on purpo... by bluGill on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:07PM (#37412635)
The article claims that the rocks while not as polished are much closer to perfect spheres than anything nature produces.

I don't have the expertise to comment on if that is correct or not. I'm just repeating what 'facts' that I trust the reporter verified, though i'll admit to seeing enough examples of reporters not verifying facts to have doubt.

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