Some of the tools contained in the hunting kit include four dart nock ends that fit against an ancient spear ... the pieces of the atlatl were found. Devin Pettigrew, a weapons expert and CBBS ...

The ancient weapons include notched ends for the darts of a spear thrower, or atlatl; the foreshafts of darts that had stone tips; and the foreshafts of darts that were probably poisoned.

Archaeologists in West Texas have made an astonishing discovery which sheds light on the lives of prehistoric humans in ...

“Deep inside a remote cave in Big Bend, archeologists have uncovered a pristine hunting kit — potentially the oldest intact weapon ... an ancient spear-throwing device called an atlatl ...

Hidden in the back of a cave in Texas, scientists found a treasure trove of artifacts that were used by ancient hunters ...

Researchers at Big Bend National Park found a fascinating finding of possibly the oldest ancient weapons in North America.

Photo courtesy of Center for Big Bend Studies An ancient ... weapon until around 2,000 years ago when societies were becoming more settled, larger and complex, the bow finally supplanted the ...

They came across six stone-tipped foreshafts which were used to align darts with an atlatl, which was an ancient lever used ... like,” Devin Pettigrew, a weapons expert and assistant professor ...