I wish there was an Olympic event that involved the atlatl, along the lines of the hammer/javelin
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Is this the technique they used to pierce mammoth skin? I always wondered how humans could penetrate such thick skin by throwing spears. To me it looks like it should hardly do any damage.
I don't know shit about prehistoric hunting times.