Tumblr thread, one user says that archeologists identify human remains by taste. A second user points out that this is not true, bone is identified as not a normal rock by touching it to your tongue and seeing if it sticks. If it does then bone.

Third user shares a poem they wrote: mai nam is jane and wen i dig i fynde some roks both smol and big i put my tung upon the stone for science yes i lik the bone

4th user is an archeologist and is crying laughing with a bunch of other archeologists and they’re going to have shirts made with the poem.

  • Kate-ay@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    11 days ago

    You can also tell a claystone from a siltstone by rubbing it against your teeth! If it rubs smoothly without friction then it’s a claystone. If it feels abrasive then it’s a siltstone.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I find a stone
      But is it clay?
      Or is it silt?
      I cannot say.
      I’ll rub a bit
      Just on my tooth,
      If tooth falls out
      I’ll know the truth.

      Maybe you think
      My methods strange,
      Maybe you think
      They cause me pain.
      But I’ll keep rocks
      All in my fist:
      Not odd to me;
      I’m geologist.