300,000-year-old hunting sticks found in Germany

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Primitive 300,000-year-old throwing stick discovered in Germany was used by early human ancestors to hunt

Homo heidelbergensis used the wooden weapons to hunt waterbirds and horses. The stick made out of spruce could reach speeds of nearly 100 feet per second. The ancient weapon spun powerfully around a centre of gravity towards a target.

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Spear. The word is spear. throwingstick

dwnews I could not imagine a German being up to doing that today.

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