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‘Fire hardening’ spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle

It is usually assumed that ‘fire hardening’ the tips of spears, as practised by hunter–gatherers and early Homo spp., makes them harder and better suited for hunting. This suggestion was tested by subjecting coppiced poles of hazel to a fire-hardening process and comparing their mechanical propertie...

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Publicado no:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Ennos, Antony Roland, Chan, Tak Lok
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2016
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892246/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27194289
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0174
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