#PennySpikins, a proper expert, reviews the #Palaeolithic horror film 'Out of Darkness' as the story of a 'dysfunctional outcast party' of modern humans traipsing across Europe 45,000 years ago. Superior production values but absolutely no clue about how nomadic #huntergatherers usually behave!
"In the hands of a capable Ice Age hunter, this simple stick could be used to nail small mammals, or even assist in taking deer and horses.
It is supposed that the four-foot-long projectile could be hurled at beasts grazing up to 30 meters away, and with a point at either end, was twice as likely to do damage as a single-pointed dart.
It was dug up at the Schoeningen Palaeolithic site complex in Lower Saxony, a coal-mining area that has yielded a number of archaeological discoveries since the 1990s. Produced by early humans known as the ‘Heidelberg People,’ the skillful woodwork techniques show how they may have been more sophisticated and intelligent than previously thought."
#FindsFriday! One of the oldest known musical instruments in the world: a #Palaeolithic#flute made from a #vulture bone some 38,000 years ago! This is one of eight known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region.
Found in the Hohle Fels cave near Schelklingen.
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.