HeritageFossils Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 At one point I had a few paleolithic tools made from moroccan megalodon teeth. Here's an example, this was before the moroccan meg tooth boom too. YvW Next fossil auction: June 6th, 2010 - Beverly Hills, CA http://historical.ha.com/NaturalHistory/ Check out our auctions and past auctions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritageFossils Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 There we go, here's a picture from my email archives. I'm not going to try to date them, but as you can see, they've got natural desert varnish on them. I had gotten these off ebay one day in 2006-2007 before anyone knew their importance. -YvW Next fossil auction: June 6th, 2010 - Beverly Hills, CA http://historical.ha.com/NaturalHistory/ Check out our auctions and past auctions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon_hunter Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 There we go, here's a picture from my email archives. I'm not going to try to date them, but as you can see, they've got natural desert varnish on them. I had gotten these off ebay one day in 2006-2007 before anyone knew their importance. -YvW WOW! Thats pretty cool. I've heard that there is a small possibility that humans had contact with the actual megalodon 1000s of years ago. "One of these day's I'm going to find a tooth over 3inches." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haddy Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I saw a 3" or so Meg tooth that came from the Peace River. It had a good-sized round hole (1/4" or so) in the center just above the enamel. I don't know what could have caused it other than man. I didn't get a chance to hold it or anything -- some guy I saw had it. I suggested to its owner that it might be an artifact but he didn't seem to like that idea. Is there anything else besides man that could have caused such a large hole in a meg tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Is there anything else besides man that could have caused such a large hole in a meg tooth? Yes, boring clams. I think one of the tests for whether a hole is Indian-made or not is whether the hole tapers from both sides. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haddy Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Yes, boring clams. I think one of the tests for whether a hole is Indian-made or not is whether the hole tapers from both sides. I didn't get to examine it so can't say, but interesting that a boring clam would do that.... BTW, the book on early Greek paleontology looks interesting. It makes sense that that culture's myths might stem from things they found on the ground (as well as other cultures' finds and myths). What did you think of the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I remember reading an article - which I'm still trying to find - about an 80,000 year old campsite in Germany. Fossil shark teeth were found amongst the remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Yes, boring clams. I think one of the tests for whether a hole is Indian-made or not is whether the hole tapers from both sides. that would be sort of a "smoking gun" of human alteration, but i have seen both human and non-human single-sided tapered boring. context is a big deal. in the absence of context, learning about various boring gastropods and where and how their borings look is the best safeguard against blaming a human for a snail's industry. hint - the snail borings tend to be much more "perfect" in their symmetry, and smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon_hunter Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 I remember reading an article - which I'm still trying to find - about an 80,000 year old campsite in Germany. Fossil shark teeth were found amongst the remains. If that was an 80,000 old campsite? Perhaps they were eating a shark? Perhaps after 80,000 years those teeth became fossilized. "One of these day's I'm going to find a tooth over 3inches." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 If that was an 80,000 old campsite? Perhaps they were eating a shark? Perhaps after 80,000 years those teeth became fossilized. I don't think that there would be much shark available to ice age man in prehistoric Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Could they be abtained through trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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