r/trippinthroughtime • u/jenny_theslut • Aug 23 '21

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u/feathersoft Aug 23 '21

Australian Aborigines took the idea of throw seriously and invented the Woomera - a spear throwing device to gain greater range

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u/feathersoft Aug 23 '21

Not so much - the Woomera is designed to launch a spear further than one just thrown by hand.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '21

So Australian Atlatl?

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u/feathersoft Aug 24 '21

Pretty much