Egor Dëmin got downhill, drew help and whipped a behind-the-back pass to Day’Ron Sharpe for a dunk. That’s progress within itself. A quarter later, Chaney Johnson turned the third period into a ...

12-year-old Ava Nolf of Clinton, Connecticut practices throwing an atlatl during the Northeastern Atlatl Championship in Addison, Vt. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) ...

Archaeologists have long pictured prehistoric hunters taking down mammoths and other megafauna using the atlatl, a handheld spear-throwing device that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity and ...

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 ...

Just outside the high-tech setting of Harvard’s Biological Laboratories, students were engaged in a decidedly low-tech activity: throwing spears across the quad. A group of six were trying their hands ...

Amphibian crossing, Chimney Point historic site, throwing the atlatl. Lawrence Pyne goes fishing for huge channel catfish on Lake Champlain. In Salisbury, Vt., volunteers help amphibians cross the ...

Celine Thouin learned a lot as a student at Franklin Pierce University, and one of the skills she has held onto the longest is how to use an ancient spear-throwing tool. She got to share that skill ...

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 ...

Newswise — 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) ...

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 ...