In 1911, an extraordinary archaeological discovery was made in the small coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea (Essex, England).

Clovis points are leaf-shaped and have a wide groove, or flute, on both sides of the base for fitting into short wooden or bone spear shafts. The largest spear point ever found, measuring nine ...

Clockwise from top left: 5,300-year-old arrow, Italian Alps; 20,000- to 16,000-year-old projectile point, Gault site, Texas; 5,300-year-old bow, Italian Alps; 300,000-year-old wooden spear in situ ...

For this reason, the team constructed replicas of Bronze Age spears and used them in realistic combat scenarios to see how ...

Clovis points are leaf-shaped and have a wide groove, or flute, on both sides of the base for fitting into short wooden or bone spear shafts. The largest spear point ever found, measuring nine ...