form a similar wheel-and-axle-like device to help the spindle rotate faster and longer, enabling it to efficiently gather up fibers such as wool or flax and spin them into yarn. The stones studied ...
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These 12,000-year-old stones may finally prove when the wheel was invented, scientists sayThey’re literally reinventing the wheel. Scientists might be closer to learning who invented the wheel after discovering stone spindle stabilizers in Israel that date back 12,000 years.
A person who spins needs two things, in addition to time: the raw material (wool, flax, cotton) that is to be spun, and a spindle or wheel with which to spin it. Throughout history, most spinners have ...
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