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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth (www.discovermagazine.com)
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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

How do you think they got the stone on the end of a stick

For a long time, they didn't.

Hand stone tools predate everything except sharpened sticks as spears.

Without the Olduvai tools, we have no civilization.