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Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 years ago
Preserved wooden spears from hundreds of thousands of years ago seem to have been suitable for throwing, not just close-range attacks ...
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How Did Ice Age Humans Kill Huge Animals Like Mammoths? Probably Not by Throwing Spears, Study Finds
This technique, known as pike hunting, probably would have generated more force—enough to pierce the thick hides of megafauna ...
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Humans Have Had Projectile Weapon Technology For 300,000 Years
According to this research, points that were suitable for throwing spears did not appear until around 190,000 years ago, with the implication being that humans living prior to this date hadn’t ...