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Archaeologists twisted rope in ten minutes through a 35,000-year-old ivory baton
A perforated ivory rod from Hohle Fels was catalogued as a prestige object until its discoverer noticed spiral grooves inside each hole, and a replication with cattail fiber suggests it made rope that never survived.
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