tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post7538755031194166853..comments2024-03-29T12:15:13.832+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Spears and anatomyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-24129163046714601102013-07-01T11:05:16.811+02:002013-07-01T11:05:16.811+02:00Spears enabled hunters to kill large animals at lo...Spears enabled hunters to kill large animals at long distance, this was a game changer which appered around 300.00 years ago, spears were for long time much more important than other weopons. <br /><br />The aspect is well known in academia, search for the "Schöninger Speere", used by homo heidelbergensis. These weapons even get their own museum.<br /><br />UlenspiegelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-81389285430565920942013-06-29T17:05:35.991+02:002013-06-29T17:05:35.991+02:00Slings don't require (and actually cannot make...Slings don't require (and actually cannot make use of) what has been mentioned in the article, the flexible energy storage.<br /><br />Thrown rocks are much more limited in hunting; you basically need to trap the animal first.<br /><br />Not sure what you mean with throwing sticks (the extension thing?), but I don't care about the difference between spear, javelin and plumbata at this point.<br /><br /><br />Humans descended from animals and fighting for mating was and is very widespread in the animal kingdom. Besides; I've seen it happen between humans as well, it's just much less common nowadays.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-69508376006661048182013-06-29T12:34:23.730+02:002013-06-29T12:34:23.730+02:00That's no good post. There are throwing sticks...That's no good post. There are throwing sticks, slings and rocks that shaped anatomy as much. You make presumptions about a violent past that are nothing but uninformed speculation. Is there a single source that less developed societies have combat to find a mate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com