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Atlantia · 16th November 2012, 07:17 PM

Thought this was quite an interesting discovery.

It seems some of our ancestors were more 'human' than we previously thought.

First stone-tipped spear thrown earlier than thought

The hunt for food led hominins to cast the first stone half a million years ago – 200,000 years earlier than we thought. Archaeologists have found the oldest evidence yet of stone-tipped spears.

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16th November 2012, 07:17 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	500,000 year old stone spearheads found Thought this was quite an interesting discovery. It seems some of our ancestors were more 'human' than we previously thought. First stone-tipped spear thrown earlier than thought The hunt for food led hominins to cast the first stone half a million years ago – 200,000 years earlier than we thought. Archaeologists have found the oldest evidence yet of stone-tipped spears. Full article