An artistic reconstruction showing how this 300,000 year-old stick would have been thrown on a hunt. The two-and-a-half foot long stick was first discovered in Schöningen, Germany in 1994 alongside ...

Archaeologists in Germany found a throwing stick that might have been used by a species that preceded Neanderthals. By Nicholas St. Fleur What’s so special about a 300,000-year-old stick stuck in the ...

A recently unearthed, 300,000-year-old wooden stick may have once been thrown by extinct human ancestors hunting wild game, according to new research. On the surface, the find—a short, pointy piece of ...

A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study. State-of-the-art analysis of a double-pointed wooden throwing stick, found in ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A 300,000-year-old wooden stick, one of the oldest weapons ever found, may have been thrown like a boomerang to stun animals. The first weapons used by ancient humans are likely to have been made from ...

Throwing stick under the 3D microscope: this allows the details of the methods used to process the wood to be investigated at high resolution.