science@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

13,000-year-old carvings in Turkey may be the world's oldest lunisolar calendar

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13,000-year-old carvings in Turkey may be the world's oldest lunisolar calendar

www.livescience.com

science@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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The 13,000-year-old carvings found in Turkey track the phases of the sun, moon and constellations, making it the earliest known lunisolar calendar.

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Is it a carving of a turkey?
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  No they are INSIDE the turkey. Read the headline!
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    No it’s a carved turkey, ready for Thanksgiving dinner!
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  It’s too dark to carve inside a turkey.

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