Re: early weapons (was Re: Worst Knife Defense)

"Richard Ward" <rwardnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
The tools that turn up first in digs, back to homo erectus, are the
choppers followed by hand axes. Both are large, simple tools that only
require a few flakes to be struck off of a large core.

This one is between 400,000 and 600,000 years old, from the Sudan.
http://www.warriorschest.com/images/Sudan1.jpg
It is a very sophisticated tool requiring a lot of flaking off of a large
nodule. By the time you knock off one flake, you're well on your way to
knocking off two.

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Chas
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