Neandertaler als Speerwerfer
Verfasst: 25.01.2019 17:42Heute erschienen:
"External ballistics of Pleistocene hand-thrown spears: experimental performance data and implications for human evolution"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37904-w
Aus dem Artikel, demnach nicht nur Stoßlanzennutzer:
... This paper addresses this by presenting results from a trial of trained javelin athletes, providing new estimates for key performance parameters. Overlaps in distances and impact energies between hand-thrown spears and spearthrowers are evidenced, and skill emerges as a significant factor in successful use. The results show that distance hunting was likely within the repertoire of hunting strategies of Neanderthals, and the resulting behavioural flexibility closely mirrors that of our own species.
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A recent find of an early Neanderthal dating to MIS 7 from Tourville-la-Rivière shows skeletal trauma consistent with repeated throwing, supporting the hypothesis that they were capable and frequent throwers
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"External ballistics of Pleistocene hand-thrown spears: experimental performance data and implications for human evolution"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37904-w
Aus dem Artikel, demnach nicht nur Stoßlanzennutzer:
... This paper addresses this by presenting results from a trial of trained javelin athletes, providing new estimates for key performance parameters. Overlaps in distances and impact energies between hand-thrown spears and spearthrowers are evidenced, and skill emerges as a significant factor in successful use. The results show that distance hunting was likely within the repertoire of hunting strategies of Neanderthals, and the resulting behavioural flexibility closely mirrors that of our own species.
...
A recent find of an early Neanderthal dating to MIS 7 from Tourville-la-Rivière shows skeletal trauma consistent with repeated throwing, supporting the hypothesis that they were capable and frequent throwers
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