American Scientist has a fascinating podcast on the evolution of the human capacity for killing at a distance - in other words, the cultural evolution of projectile weapons.The talk is by anthropologist Steven Churchill who looks at what motivated the development of projectile weapons - initially rocks, slings and spears and - and what effect these developments had on the culture of ancient peopl
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January 7, 2010
The evolution of projectile weapons
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