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.

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[–] [S] 53 points 6 months ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    This was a lot of my degree. We licked everything. Still do.

    Mouthfeel is an incredible sense. Babies learn what the world is by pushing handfuls of it into their mouths. Texture, taste, angularity, porosity, density, degree of lithificaton.... instantly.

    *edit: we did not all lick things. There are two distinct schools of thought, and not a lot of fence sitters.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I would absolutely be on the lick things team. I use my mouth as a tool all the time.

    This post sounds incredibly weird.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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