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These 5,000-year-old spear-throwers are the oldest in the Andes and may have been used to hunt ancient llama ancestors
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Chile used a weapon called an atlatl to slaughter the wild ancestors of llamas and alpacas at ...
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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 ...
The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...
Tests of a prehistoric dart-throwing weapon have shown it is even more effective than previously thought. The atlatl weapon can puncture vital organs in bison carcasses and travel so far through the ...
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. SHANGHAI, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ATLATL Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as "ATLATL"), a global ...
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