Who Invented The Spear & When?
January 13, 2019
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as posted by the channelThe spear is mankind's most widely used weapon but who invented it and when? Join me, Stefan Milo, as I discuss the stone age origins of the spear.
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Image Attributions:
P. Pfarr NLD, Schöningen Speer VII im Sediment 1997 © P. Pfarr NLD, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
photo by Grant Mitchell, Hoplite fight from Athens Museum, CC BY 2.0
anonymous, Roman soldier 175 aC in northern province, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ovedc, Terracotta Army (34), CC BY-SA 3.0
Jononmac46, Gibraltar Skull (1)a, CC BY-SA 3.0
Didier Descouens, Pointe levallois Beuzeville MHNT PRE.2009.0.203.2.fond, CC BY-SA 3.0
Olga Ernst, Petrified tree trunk and Welwitschia (Namibia), CC BY-SA 4.0
José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) — Locutus Borg, Oldowan tradition chopper, CC BY-SA 2.5
Caelio, Adult male chimps in mahale, CC BY-SA 3.0
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