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 ...

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 ...

According to the researchers, they re-discovered the technology independently in the Americas. It might not seem like the ...

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 researcher has discovered a 10,000-year-old atlatl dart that had melted out of an ice patch in the Rocky Mountains. Climate change has increased global temperatures and accelerated melting of ...

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

A pair of researchers with the University of Alberta has found evidence that suggests early Native American adults taught children how to use an atlatl by making a smaller version of the dart-throwing ...

Atlatls date back nearly 20,000 years Missouri hunters have been allowed to use the ancient tool since 2010 Instincts can kick in when throwing a dart using an atlatl The atlatl is not just a fun word ...