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Subject: Can a man hammer with a 1 lb stone to exert a force of 20,000 psi?

Date: Mon Nov 22 14:18:06 1999
Posted by David Neely
Grade level: grad (science) School: UNR
City: Reno State/Province: NV Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 943298286.Ph
Message:

The Cooperton site has mammoth bones that are suspected of human 
modification using hammerstones weighing 1 lb or less.  It has been said 
that it would take 20,000 psi to fracture these bones when they are green.
They are suspected to have been broken green due to the spiral fractures.  
I am unsure a man could exert such a force especially considering these men  
substantially smaller than human beings today.


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