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Recent Examples of knapAnd that’s mostly true; Neanderthals in both places used broadly similar techniques to make similar tools: triangular flakes and points, knapped from flint.—ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025 If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by striking them at specific angles in a process known as knapping as much as 1.5 million years ago.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025 Rocks could be knapped, or shaped, into knife blades, spear points, ax heads, and more, allowing hunter-gatherers to take on new prey and use animal remains for clothing and other things.—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024 The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams.—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Our Paleolithic ancestors learned to knap delicate blades from round stone cobbles, hunt large game and cook their food.—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022 Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making).—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020 There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow.—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020 His hair was unruly and his large, blunt fingers were usually fishing for a cigarette, except when preoccupied with his favourite hobby: knapping prehistoric flint tools.—1843, 20 Feb. 2020
One of the most appealing elements is the living area with two large arches, carved into a partition to create a smooth transition between the living room and kitchen.
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Ludovica Stevan,
Architectural Digest,
24 Aug. 2025
Others are also carving out a more conciliatory tone with Trump voters.
And how can sculpture accomplish the experience of simultaneous collective reception that was formerly its greatest social promise?
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Bourdelle’s voluminous works in marble, bronze, and wood fill the lofty mezzanine, while his bronze sculptures Héraklès archer (Hercules the Archer) and Centaure mourant (Dying Centaur) highlight the garden.
The judge said that the earlier date hewed closer to the requirements of the county charter, which says a recall vote should occur within 60 days of recall petitions being certified.
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Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
In the 31-member Senate where Patrick presides, opening day hewed closer to tradition of camaraderie.
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John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
But analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that raising the age to 69 - up from the current 67 - could cut lifetime benefits by up to 13 percent for anyone born after 1971.
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Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Mary and her friend, Amelia, planted a White Lady Banks rose cutting near the back patio of the Cochise boarding house, where the couple lived.
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