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Perspective photograph of the double-pointed throwing stick from Schöningen, Germany.
Credit: Volker Minkus (CC-BY 4.0)
Credit: Volker Minkus (CC-BY 4.0)

1 posted on 07/23/2023 7:26:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

WOW they had Sergeant Majors


3 posted on 07/23/2023 7:31:40 AM PDT by butlerweave
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4 posted on 07/23/2023 7:36:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I have my doubts that could pierce the skin of a large animal being thrown. Jabbed maybe.


5 posted on 07/23/2023 7:47:14 AM PDT by redangus
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To: SunkenCiv
Sooooo we've had the "sharp sticks" part covered for a while? 😁
6 posted on 07/23/2023 8:10:21 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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8 posted on 07/23/2023 8:18:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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300,000-year-old double-pointed stick among oldest record of human-made wooden tools

What really impressed archeologists is the fact that one end was flat edged, while the other end was a Phillips head.

11 posted on 07/23/2023 8:53:55 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: SunkenCiv

The first cheerleader baton.

And, constructed by a female!


14 posted on 07/23/2023 10:00:57 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: SunkenCiv
Today on the dark continent they are working on version 2.0 but they are stuck on how to add spinner hubcaps.

15 posted on 07/23/2023 1:05:18 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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"Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest large collection of wooden tools made by humans at a site in Schöningen, Germany. The artefacts date back to about 300,000 years ago."

Researchers In Germany Have Unearthed 400,000-Year-Old Wooden Spears

17 posted on 07/24/2023 2:53:06 PM PDT by blam
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