The two-and-a-half foot long stick was first discovered in Schöningen ... It likely would have been thrown like a modern day javelin. While it is lightweight, the high velocities at which ...

The experiment assessed the velocity and kinetic impact energy of two ancient projectile weapons: the thrown javelin and the atlatl (a projectile-launching stick) with a long dart. Two study ...

The atlatl weapon is a stick with a cup at the end that holds a long javelin-like feathered projectile ... testing can shed light on whether ancient hunter-gatherers in the Americas regularly ...

Languages: English, Spanish Wooden artifacts once used by ancient reindeer hunters have been discovered in a mountainous region of Scandinavia. The objects, known as "scaring stick" flags ...

As civilisations advanced, the javelin evolved into a weapon of warfare. Ancient Greeks and Romans utilised javelins in military tactics, with soldiers known as skirmishers using them to disrupt ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than a decade after making a javelin from a bamboo stick in a small village in Pakistan's Punjab province, Arshad Nadeem stunned the world with his Olympic gold medal ...

ISLAMABAD — More than a decade after making a javelin from a bamboo stick in a small village in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Arshad Nadeem stunned the world with his Olympic gold medal-winning ...