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oldest known example of the use of beeswax
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:42:20 -0400
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> A lump of beeswax mixed with poisonous Euphorbia resin and wrapped with vegetal twine was certainly used for hafting purposes. Direct dating of this piece to ~40 ka [40,000 years ago] makes it the oldest known example of the use of beeswax.

Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

note: haft = a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger

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