Ancient, unusual and a tongue-twister — just a few words lawmakers are using to describe a prehistoric weapon that’s made its way onto the pages of proposed legislation at the state capitol. A ...
A new study led by archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University's Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e., spear thrower) functions ...
Archaeologists say it s the atlatl, a simple handheld device with which 5- to 8-foot arrow-like darts are hurled at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Of course, that was thousands of years ago when woolly ...
COLUMBIA — Dawn Wagner placed a pink-and-purple-feathered dart in a wooden contraption. She stretched her left arm forward, leaned her body back, and with a snap of her wrist, launched the dart into ...
From her spot inside her family's 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did what ancient hunters did 20 ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - From her spot inside her family’s 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did ...
The ancient saber-toothed tiger is bent over, guarding a carcass of a horned bull. About 20 yards away, Bob Sizemore surveys his target. Sizemore lifts a curved piece of wood half the length of his ...
From her spot inside her family's 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did what ancient hunters did 20 ...
A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions ...