ptychodus

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no title in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

PL8FAIL

What would be a valuable thing to have memorized by heart? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

Proper sequence of attaching jumper cables.

Should I get rid of my VHS collection in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

We donated ours to a local nonprofit org that rents them out. Such a cool group of film nerds running this operation. https://www.weluvvideo.org/

What is something in your house (a piece of furniture, a tool or houseware) that is more than 20 years old? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I have a Lower Paleolithic Acheulean bi-face hand axe likely made by Homo erectus. My father-in-law brought it back from Libya when he was working in oil fields in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I had it assessed by a lithic-specialist archeologist from the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Dr. Harry Shafer, who wrote a nice little report on the piece.

Found this animal tooth in a creek in Germany. Any ideas what it could be from? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, very typical.

Found this animal tooth in a creek in Germany. Any ideas what it could be from? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ptychodus@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As others have guessed, this is a bovid tooth, Bos taurus (cow).