Stone-tipped spear invented earlier than thought, researchers say
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Homo heidelbergensis developed the weapon 500,000 years ago, long before Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made them, a study finds.It was among early man's greatest technological feats: a fully engineered weapon that combined a wooden shaft, mixed adhesives and a stone that had been chiseled to a lethal point.