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THE recent communications on this subject by Mr. J. Reid Moir1 and Mr. Alfred S. Barnes2 show that the old battle over the artificial or natural origin of eoliths is on again. Space does not permit quotation of the opinions on both sides of the original argument starting in about 1912, but it seems to me that, among other things, Moir has proved two important points: (1) that it is possible for modern man to take high-angle flakes off flint cores ; and (2) that among other criteria of intentional work on primitive stone artefacts one of the most important is that the edge flakes are taken off in an adjacent series, thus giving an edge of desired shape3.
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Moir, J. Reid, NATURE, 152, 78 (1943).
Barnes, A. S., NATURE, 152, 477 (1943).
Moir, J. Reid, "Pre-Palaeolithic Man", p. 15.
Barnes, A. S., Amer. Anthrop., 41, 110 (1939).
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BADEN-POWELL, D. High-Angle Edge Flaking of Flint. Nature 152, 663–664 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152663b0
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