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Spear: the earliest “superweapon” from the wood age
This is a photo of a spear (from Mesa Verde National Park). New research suggests is the earliest “superweapon” that the ancestors of humans developed (and probably drove evolution not just of our species but the whole genus.) The is is actually a rather advanced-looking model of a spear as it already attaches stone (so Stone Age). It is know that the ancestors of humans (preceeding our species) already using spears 400,000 to 500,000 years ago. Apparently there was a “wood age” that preceded the stone age (Wikipedia) by millions of years, but hasn’t survived much in the archaeological record. However, the latest evidence from just this year shows chimps already use spears in difficult circumstance (or rather sharped or broken sticks as spears, nothing as advanced here). This suggests the ancestors of humans used them 5-7 million years ago (and that early “superweapon” and need to make competent spears probably drove the evolution of our whole genus.… Read the restRecent Posts
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