The wooden spear from Scheningen, Germany is 300,000 years old.
Mink Simage; Matthias Vogel, NLD.
Prehistoric people may have used spears to hunt large animals, dating back 300,000 years ago, and perhaps 2 million years ago. New analysis of preserved wooden spears shows that they can be thrown at medium distances and used to stab them.
“Traditionally, you would say that as a technical concept it's simpler than throwing a throw.” Dirk Leder At the Cultural Heritage Office in Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany. “You need to understand the aerodynamics to throw…
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