Archaeologists in Germany found a throwing stick that might have been used by a species that preceded Neanderthals. By Nicholas St. Fleur What’s so special about a 300,000-year-old stick stuck in the ...

A recently unearthed, 300,000-year-old wooden stick may have once been thrown by extinct human ancestors hunting wild game, according to new research. On the surface, the find—a short, pointy piece of ...

An artistic reconstruction showing how this 300,000 year-old stick would have been thrown on a hunt. The two-and-a-half foot long stick was first discovered in Schöningen, Germany in 1994 alongside ...

A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study. State-of-the-art analysis of a double-pointed wooden throwing stick, found in ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Throwing stick under the 3D microscope: this allows the details of the methods used to process the wood to be investigated at high resolution.