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A study conducted by TraceoLab at the University of Liège has uncovered evidence suggesting the existence of long-distance weaponry 10,000 years earlier than previously estimated. The hunter-gatherers who settled along the Haine River in southern Belgium 31,000 years ago were already using spearthrowers to hunt.

A study conducted by TraceoLab at the University of Liège has uncovered evidence suggesting the existence of long-distance weaponry 10,000 years earlier than previously estimated. The hunter-gatherers who settled along the Haine River in southern Belgium 31,000 years ago were already using spearthrowers to hunt. This is the finding of a new study conducted at TraceoLab at the University of Liège.

The material found at the archaeological site of Maisières-Canal permits establishing the use of this hunting technique 10,000 years earlier than the oldest currently known preserved spearthrowers. This discovery, published in the journal

 

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