The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

Archaeologists have long pictured prehistoric hunters taking down mammoths and other megafauna using the atlatl, a handheld spear-throwing device that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity and ...

New research is forcing archaeologists to confront an inconvenient truth about atlatls, a weapon that's been linked to Clovis hunters for decades despite the dearth of evidence.

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The atlatl projectile was invented long after the javelin. (Getty Images) (Buddy Mays via Getty Images) Prehistoric women actively ...

For decades, archaeologists have assumed that members of the Palaeoindian Clovis culture used a weapon called an atlatl to ...

In what would become Wyoming, the use of atlatls began 13,000 years ago and continued up until about 1,500 years ago, when it was replaced by the bow and arrow. Wyoming is a particularly rich source ...

At a point during human prehistory, hunters' reliance on the spear-thrower, or atlatl, shifted to another kind of weapon — the self-bow. This change happened on multiple continents (though bows never ...

A new study led by archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University's Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e., spear thrower) functions ...

A new study has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an 'equalizer', a finding which supports women's potential active role as prehistoric hunters. A new study led by ...