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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For some reason I thought they meant they carved the calendar on their own bone and thought "damn that's metal af".

Anyway, don't farmers also need to tell the date? Was this bone from before we started doing that?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

this proves metal has existed since the dawn of man! enter Miocene epoch heavy metal

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

First off: Everyone who played the historical documentary Brutal Legend knows that metal was a gift from the gods.

Second: Miocene epoch heavy metal is my favorite genre!