These Stone Age Weapons from the Netherlands, Made from Human Bone
Looks like Stone Age people used human bones to make weapons! A grisly discovery on a Netherlands shoreline is making a violent point about life during the Mesolithic era, or Middle Stone Age. What appear to be multiple arrow points – the smallest being approx 9 cm – have washed up from the North Sea. Dated to between 5300 – 7500 BC, they’re certainly in used condition – various markings indicate a brutal purpose. What that was isn’t entirely clear but as the Daily Mail writes, experts are “certain the points were used in projectile weapons, probably arrows but possibly spears.â...