Prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Chile used a weapon called an atlatl to slaughter the wild ancestors of llamas and alpacas at ...

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 ...

A recent experimental study led by Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History suggests that hunting from elevated positions significantly increases the performance of thrown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The atlatl projectile was invented long after the javelin. (Getty Images) (Buddy Mays via Getty Images) Prehistoric women actively ...

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 ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters.The state Game Commission ...

Until now, the definition of a traditional deer hunter was someone who pursued his quarry with a flintlock rifle like those wielded by frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. But thanks to a ...

At a point during human prehistory, hunters' reliance on the spear-thrower, or atlatl, shifted to another kind of weapon — the self-bow. This change happened on multiple continents (though bows never ...

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 ...