It's like how the Chuckit! is just 30k year old spearthrower tech adjusted slightly to accommodate tennis balls.
April 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's like how the Chuckit! is just 30k year old spearthrower tech adjusted slightly to accommodate tennis balls.
Up to 374 AD in #fplhistory points in time to see Civilisation V’s Spearthrower Owl ascend to the throne of Teotihuacan (Mexico).
September 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Up to 374 AD in #fplhistory points in time to see Civilisation V’s Spearthrower Owl ascend to the throne of Teotihuacan (Mexico).
Apr 19th 2019 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 released the album “Wolf God” #Untamed #DawnOfFire #BrotherOfTheStorm #SpearThrower #HeavyMetal
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
The band was formed in 1996 under the name Smack by former Cardinal Fang vocalist Janne "JB" Christoffersson.
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
The band was formed in 1996 under the name Smack by former Cardinal Fang vocalist Janne "JB" Christoffersson.
April 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Apr 19th 2019 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 released the album “Wolf God” #Untamed #DawnOfFire #BrotherOfTheStorm #SpearThrower #HeavyMetal
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
The band was formed in 1996 under the name Smack by former Cardinal Fang vocalist Janne "JB" Christoffersson.
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
The band was formed in 1996 under the name Smack by former Cardinal Fang vocalist Janne "JB" Christoffersson.
Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Close match between sample and experimental spearthrower extends timeline of spearthrower use by over 10,000 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Close match between sample and experimental spearthrower extends timeline of spearthrower use by over 10,000 years.
November 1, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Close match between sample and experimental spearthrower extends timeline of spearthrower use by over 10,000 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Close match between sample and experimental spearthrower extends timeline of spearthrower use by over 10,000 years.
This dramatic young man has a long bar through his nose and holds a personified spearthrower, ready to kick butt! Although he’s #Maya, stylistically he’s central #Mexican (more formal and blockier) because he’s from #ChichenItza, where Maya and #Toltec cultures came together. Harmoniously? Hardly! 🏺
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This dramatic young man has a long bar through his nose and holds a personified spearthrower, ready to kick butt! Although he’s #Maya, stylistically he’s central #Mexican (more formal and blockier) because he’s from #ChichenItza, where Maya and #Toltec cultures came together. Harmoniously? Hardly! 🏺
Original study:
J. Coppe et al., Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of #spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium, SciReports 13, 2023. 🔓
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
J. Coppe et al., Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of #spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium, SciReports 13, 2023. 🔓
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisiè...
Scientific Reports - Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium
www.nature.com
November 14, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Original study:
J. Coppe et al., Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of #spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium, SciReports 13, 2023. 🔓
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
J. Coppe et al., Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of #spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium, SciReports 13, 2023. 🔓
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“It’s time for your Proto-Corachol-Nahua lesson! You wouldn’t want to lose your 9.0.3.9.18 streak! 🔥”
“Chak Tok Ich’aak I, I miss you.”
“Uh-oh, your streak has been broken! You know what happens to the royal family in Tikal now!”
“Chak Tok Ich’aak I, I miss you.”
“Uh-oh, your streak has been broken! You know what happens to the royal family in Tikal now!”
April 21, 2026 at 5:49 AM
“It’s time for your Proto-Corachol-Nahua lesson! You wouldn’t want to lose your 9.0.3.9.18 streak! 🔥”
“Chak Tok Ich’aak I, I miss you.”
“Uh-oh, your streak has been broken! You know what happens to the royal family in Tikal now!”
“Chak Tok Ich’aak I, I miss you.”
“Uh-oh, your streak has been broken! You know what happens to the royal family in Tikal now!”
"Spearthrower" is....uh...🤨
January 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"Spearthrower" is....uh...🤨
Closing the week with a double post on SF & Survival.
An older Green Beret speaks insightfully about JFK.
www.rockawaytimes.com/37227-2/
How to make your spear more powerful with a thrower (Atlatl)
www.msn.com/en-us/video/...
#survival #specialforces #greenberets #JFK
#atlatl #spear #spearthrower
An older Green Beret speaks insightfully about JFK.
www.rockawaytimes.com/37227-2/
How to make your spear more powerful with a thrower (Atlatl)
www.msn.com/en-us/video/...
#survival #specialforces #greenberets #JFK
#atlatl #spear #spearthrower
January 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Closing the week with a double post on SF & Survival.
An older Green Beret speaks insightfully about JFK.
www.rockawaytimes.com/37227-2/
How to make your spear more powerful with a thrower (Atlatl)
www.msn.com/en-us/video/...
#survival #specialforces #greenberets #JFK
#atlatl #spear #spearthrower
An older Green Beret speaks insightfully about JFK.
www.rockawaytimes.com/37227-2/
How to make your spear more powerful with a thrower (Atlatl)
www.msn.com/en-us/video/...
#survival #specialforces #greenberets #JFK
#atlatl #spear #spearthrower
Nepo baby, by the way. Still, so crazy his dad was Spearthrower Owl. The Spearthrower Owl.
September 12, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Nepo baby, by the way. Still, so crazy his dad was Spearthrower Owl. The Spearthrower Owl.
8. Her daddy taught her!
Her father was a Gesi spearthrower who learned to adapt it to a hand-to-hand style from Doman lancers, and he passed that on to her.
Her father was a Gesi spearthrower who learned to adapt it to a hand-to-hand style from Doman lancers, and he passed that on to her.
February 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
8. Her daddy taught her!
Her father was a Gesi spearthrower who learned to adapt it to a hand-to-hand style from Doman lancers, and he passed that on to her.
Her father was a Gesi spearthrower who learned to adapt it to a hand-to-hand style from Doman lancers, and he passed that on to her.
*crowd of trolls seen rioting*
We don't want no fancy machine spearthrower! We got good headhunters right now! Don't let dese machines be takin' our jobs, mon! Train a dire trolls as headhunters if ya wanna launch da big sticks!
We don't want no fancy machine spearthrower! We got good headhunters right now! Don't let dese machines be takin' our jobs, mon! Train a dire trolls as headhunters if ya wanna launch da big sticks!
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
*crowd of trolls seen rioting*
We don't want no fancy machine spearthrower! We got good headhunters right now! Don't let dese machines be takin' our jobs, mon! Train a dire trolls as headhunters if ya wanna launch da big sticks!
We don't want no fancy machine spearthrower! We got good headhunters right now! Don't let dese machines be takin' our jobs, mon! Train a dire trolls as headhunters if ya wanna launch da big sticks!
𝐀𝐩𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 #𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 “𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝” #𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 #𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐎𝐟𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 #𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐎𝐟𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 #𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 "𝐉𝐁" 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 "𝐉𝐁" 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧.
April 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
𝐀𝐩𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 #𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 “𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝” #𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 #𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐎𝐟𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 #𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐎𝐟𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 #𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 "𝐉𝐁" 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 "𝐉𝐁" 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧.
More Distal, this time some beasties and baddies! I always love doing monsters and creature art so this was a treat.
Better res and More critters are over on: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ3xqa
[ #ttrpg #ttrpgart #rpgart #creatureart #fantasyillustration #artistforhire ]
Better res and More critters are over on: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ3xqa
[ #ttrpg #ttrpgart #rpgart #creatureart #fantasyillustration #artistforhire ]
March 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
More Distal, this time some beasties and baddies! I always love doing monsters and creature art so this was a treat.
Better res and More critters are over on: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ3xqa
[ #ttrpg #ttrpgart #rpgart #creatureart #fantasyillustration #artistforhire ]
Better res and More critters are over on: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ3xqa
[ #ttrpg #ttrpgart #rpgart #creatureart #fantasyillustration #artistforhire ]
Here are some from "Clash of Armies" just now:
November 11, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Here are some from "Clash of Armies" just now:
The ongoing environmental devastation attributable to human activity could almost certainly have been avoided had the species not evolved a great throwing arm. And if they'd not developed a pyromaniacal proficiency. And if they'd not [fill in multiple blanks here].
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Evolution of the Human Capacity for “Killing at a Distance”: The Human Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Projectile Weaponry
Recent analyses of MSA and Middle Paleolithic points suggest that true long-range projectile weaponry — most likely in the form of spearthrower-delivered darts — evolved in Africa sometime...
link.springer.com
May 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The ongoing environmental devastation attributable to human activity could almost certainly have been avoided had the species not evolved a great throwing arm. And if they'd not developed a pyromaniacal proficiency. And if they'd not [fill in multiple blanks here].
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
A new release of one of the @battleforwesnoth.bsky.social campaigns I maintain, "Son of the Black Eye: Easy Edition" version 1.5.0, is now available on the BfW 1.18 add-on server; release notes are in its corresponding GitHub release here:
github.com/cooljeanius/...
#Wesnoth h/t @tahsinj.bsky.social
github.com/cooljeanius/...
#Wesnoth h/t @tahsinj.bsky.social
Release 1.5.0 · cooljeanius/Son_Of_The_Black_Eye_Easy_Edition
This is the first release of SotBE:EE on the BfW 1.18 add-on server.
What's changed
Saurian Spearthrower advancement enabled
Images run thru another pass of ImageOptim
Some of the Elvish Scout spr...
github.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM
A new release of one of the @battleforwesnoth.bsky.social campaigns I maintain, "Son of the Black Eye: Easy Edition" version 1.5.0, is now available on the BfW 1.18 add-on server; release notes are in its corresponding GitHub release here:
github.com/cooljeanius/...
#Wesnoth h/t @tahsinj.bsky.social
github.com/cooljeanius/...
#Wesnoth h/t @tahsinj.bsky.social
In Pleistocene Europe, the spearthrower is best associated with the Magdalenian, but the shapes of points indicate a shift to lighter shafts, implying a shift towards the spearthrower, even in the Gravettian. These cultures hunted mobile ungulates, such as Cervus and Rangifer, not giant megafauna.
September 25, 2023 at 7:00 AM
In Pleistocene Europe, the spearthrower is best associated with the Magdalenian, but the shapes of points indicate a shift to lighter shafts, implying a shift towards the spearthrower, even in the Gravettian. These cultures hunted mobile ungulates, such as Cervus and Rangifer, not giant megafauna.
Even in North America, where the use of the spearthrower was widespread during the Pleistocene, it's role in any overkill of very big mammals, is thus suspect. Much is made of the travel distance, of atlatl darts, but their accuracy is best at shorter ranges, of 20 meters or less.
September 25, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Even in North America, where the use of the spearthrower was widespread during the Pleistocene, it's role in any overkill of very big mammals, is thus suspect. Much is made of the travel distance, of atlatl darts, but their accuracy is best at shorter ranges, of 20 meters or less.
The reed 'spear' is a related introduction from New Guinea. It is quite useless thrown by hand, and its origins might be related to arrow manufacture. However, its likely of later introduction than is the woomera, having a more restricted distribution, but one tied to that of the spearthrower.
September 25, 2023 at 5:55 AM
The reed 'spear' is a related introduction from New Guinea. It is quite useless thrown by hand, and its origins might be related to arrow manufacture. However, its likely of later introduction than is the woomera, having a more restricted distribution, but one tied to that of the spearthrower.
Little suggests that the woomera or spearthrower has great antiquity in Australia. The simplest Australian woomeras, as opposed to derived paddle or lath shaped woomera types, and and multitool versions, do resemble the more conservative, New Guinean type.
September 25, 2023 at 5:46 AM
Little suggests that the woomera or spearthrower has great antiquity in Australia. The simplest Australian woomeras, as opposed to derived paddle or lath shaped woomera types, and and multitool versions, do resemble the more conservative, New Guinean type.
Usually the slaughter of megafauna is attributed to the aboriginal spearthrower and dart. The problem is uncertainty as to its prehistoric space and time of distribution, being absent from Tasmania, the Melville & Bathurst Islands, and some parts of Eastern Australia. (From Davidson)
September 25, 2023 at 3:56 AM
Usually the slaughter of megafauna is attributed to the aboriginal spearthrower and dart. The problem is uncertainty as to its prehistoric space and time of distribution, being absent from Tasmania, the Melville & Bathurst Islands, and some parts of Eastern Australia. (From Davidson)
Diet Spearthrower origin
June 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Diet Spearthrower origin