The Weapons of the Stone Age

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[Dlstufguy]

Whenever I see older people complaining about kids these days being unable to write cursive or drive a stick shift I always wonder of there was a point where someone was like "kids these days can't even make spear tip out of stone"

[jonmichael]

"Paleolithic may have actually been much more peaceful than we often think" made me think of Robert E Howards quote, " Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split"

[jeffreyschweitzer]

“Even chimpanzees are sometimes seen using large sticks to hit their friends.” With friends like that, who needs enemies?

[pogostix]

It's kind of mind boggling thinking about just how LONG the stone age lasted. People think "It ended 5, 000 years ago, that's a long time ago" but don't usually realize that it lasted exponentially longer than any other age. Human brains just aren't built to appreciate how long it was.

[greystone]

"It is only natural to grab a big rock and either throw it or smash it over someones head" 🤣🤣🤣

[Paracific]

I don’t think Anyone actually understands how hard these things were to make perfectly. These people were talented.

[hilliard]

Australian here. Real boomerang do come back. There are 2 types, one for hunting which is like an L shape and does not return and then the common curved type, which is for foraging high up in trees and does return.

[jockmclaren]

Spear throwers, known as woomeras in Australia, made the heavy spear a fearsome weapon. I have a book written by a missionary in Arnhem Land (north east Northern Territory) in the 1930s to 40s. On festival days, they would hold a spear-throwing competition for the men. He said the hunters could regularly spear the trunk of a banana palm, i.e. about 150-200mm diameter or 6"-8" at 80 paces, or about 75m, using 3m spears with bone or stone tips. The hunters of Papua-New Guinea used bow and arrow but they were not used in Australia, probably because most timber here is hardwood and not suited to bows. But it made superb spears.

[iolipuara]

I'm glad you appreciate the beauty of these creations. Many in the scientific community seem to heavily, if not completely, dehumanize the past. They forget that behind every artifact, there was a real person with relationships, dreams, fears, etc. Thanks for that.

[brianbadonde]

My bro is a landscaper and found a stone arrow head here in Ireland working on a garden and brought it to a university and the guy said it was probably 5000yrs old, maybe it was made by an ancestor who knows, Ireland is a small place

[mrpopo]

North 02: Look at my cool stone age weapons
British police: Oi, you got licence for that?

[bossross.]

These stone tools must've took generations of passed down knowledge. It's extremely hard to make them.

[thedeathangeltda]

I’m working on a project right now at Uni about this exact topic. Granted it a graphic design project since I’m a design student but this video released at a perfect time for me to have good sources for it! Amazing video my friend!

[thedwightguy]

multiple micro points in addition the the arrowhead itself would keep the animal bleeding, and keep cutting. Even if the arrowhead itself hit a bone or non life threatening area, the lineup of micro blades would keep working every time the animal moved. Very, very effective.

[joeshmoe]

Eagerly awaiting the “Violence in Prehistoric Societies” video, a super interesting topic. It’s amazing how a massacre 10, 000 years old or more can be noticed and reconstructed by archaeologists. People are wild.

[anonymousbosch]

I’m 41 and I grew up in farm country and my father had us make and hunt with all of these weapons and we even made boomerangs. We cheated and used a grinder for making stone tips as the new flint knapping hobby really wasn’t around then. It brings back memories of of my dad’s bookshelf full of Native American illustrated coffee table books with arrows and spears and whatever and how we’d go to the Milwaukee and Chicago museums at least once a year. I guess that’s why I cast a bronze xiphos blade sword in the backyard with my daughter for a school project when she was about 13

[megamammonmultiplier]

And YES to the idea of covering Aztec warfare, weaponry, and more.
Like 'Alexander the Great and the Giants' (old but gold) and the last part, with the war elephants.

[rusty_shacklford]

Extremely difficult to make and required immense skill. I laugh when people ask just how sharp or effective these tools are. We literally hunted mammoths with them lol

[NORTH]

Edit: returned boomerangs made by aboriginals do exist.
Also, Petr Yan would have won if his corner was there.

[goyoelburro]

I loved your channel before, but I collect historical weapons, and this is really really cool!!
Thanks so much 🙂