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Title: The Acheulean Hand Ax
Post by Gaius Marcellus Nerva on Jan 30^th, 2022 at 4:29pm

I was reading a book, Bones of Contention a Creationists view of human fossils, and I came across this very interesting weapon the Acheulean hand ax. It is thrown like a discus and has a range of about 200 ft.

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Title: Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax
Post by slingbadger on Jan 31^st, 2022 at 6:33am

These

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Title: Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax
Post by Hirtius on Jan 31^st, 2022 at 11:02am

I’m pretty skeptical that hand axes were used as death frisbees, especially connecting it to megafauna kills. It sounds too speculative.

Title: Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax
Post by Sarosh on Feb 1^st, 2022 at 2:59am

If it's too sharp to use as a hand axe isn't it too sharp to throw?
I think that small ones are probably ok but 4 pounds will cut when thrown

Title: Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax
Post by Curious Aardvark on Feb 8^th, 2022 at 10:58am

I'd like to see the ones she had made for the experiment.

Clearly they could be easily thrown, or she would not have been able to do the experiment.

If only the two ends were sharpened, it could be gripped along the edges without harm.

It's certainly a new angle :thumb: