Preserved wooden spears from hundreds of thousands of years ago seem to have been suitable for throwing, not just close-range attacks ...

Rather than throwing spears, the researchers suggest that early ... “This ancient Native American design was an amazing ...

According to this research, points that were suitable for throwing spears did not appear until ... that the technological capacity for hunting with projectiles was in place at that time.

This technique, known as pike hunting, probably would have generated more force—enough to pierce the thick hides of megafauna ...