He made marks with a pencil.

他用铅笔作了记号。

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In addition to writing on bones, the Chinese also made marks on turtle shells.

除了在骨头上写字，中国人还在龟壳上做标记。

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And though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I have gone."

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Others claim the marks on the ground were consistent with the sort of marks made by rabbits.

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Crucially, OH 65 was found with stone tools and with bones from larger animals that clearly show the marks made by those tools.

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