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Ancient firepower. An Australian archaeologist fired replicas of Middle Stone Age projectiles with a crossbow (left) at animal carcasses. Projectile impact marks on the bone (below left) were distinctive from cut marks (below right). Credit: Corey O'Driscoll

When Did Humans Begin Hurling Spears?

1 posted on 05/25/2013 6:23:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

agenda for the week:

monday: invent spear for thrusting
tuesday: realize that if you just thrust a little harder you can let go and it will still travel to the target.

sounds to me like monday is the key day, and tuesdays discovery is pretty inevitable.


7 posted on 05/25/2013 6:44:37 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: SunkenCiv
When Did Humans Begin Hurling Spears?

As soon as he had two.

8 posted on 05/25/2013 6:48:08 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: SunkenCiv
Q. When did humans begin hurling spears?

Ans. 1970

Spearchucker Jones

10 posted on 05/25/2013 6:52:40 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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