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The Acheulean Hand Ax
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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If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3237 Akron NY Gender:	Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2022 at 6:33am These
Back to top	hand_axe.jpg (90 KB \| 49 ) The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th cent. science has been the discovery of human ignorance The main difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits.-Einstein I'm getting psychic as I get older. Or is that psychotic? IP Logged

Hirtius Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 272 Gender:	Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax Reply #2 - 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.
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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1227	Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax Reply #3 - 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
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: The Acheulean Hand Ax Reply #4 - 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
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