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Dino Photo?
Ms. Tina Gull, who is notorious for her gullibility, asked her friend the detective a question.
"Detective Brown, I met a man who found a cave painting. He gave me and a friend the opportunity to buy it from the archaeological team. Are you interested in going in on the deal with me?"
Detective Brown thought for a moment and asked Ms. Tina,
"What was this painting of?"
Ms. Tina answered, "There are two cave people going hunting. One has a spear and the other a bunch of stones. They are stalking a dinosaur. Then, in another picture, they are actually killing the thing, throwing the spear and everything!''
Detective Brown thought for a while and politely told her he wouldn't go in on the deal and advised her not to either as this was a scam (again).
Why did he say this?
"Detective Brown, I met a man who found a cave painting. He gave me and a friend the opportunity to buy it from the archaeological team. Are you interested in going in on the deal with me?"
Detective Brown thought for a moment and asked Ms. Tina,
"What was this painting of?"
Ms. Tina answered, "There are two cave people going hunting. One has a spear and the other a bunch of stones. They are stalking a dinosaur. Then, in another picture, they are actually killing the thing, throwing the spear and everything!''
Detective Brown thought for a while and politely told her he wouldn't go in on the deal and advised her not to either as this was a scam (again).
Why did he say this?
Hint
Think about what the cave people were doing.Answer
The cave painting has to be fake. If it was drawn by ancient people, they would not have known dinosaurs had existed, as dinosaurs died out about 63 million years before the first hominid evolved.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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