The Evolution of the Atlattle

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Angelo said also that using tools allowed us to access more nutrition while expending fewer calories and hunting with an atlattle uses way fewer calories than like chasing a deer for 10 miles until it's just like fine god me now. Those extra calories and possibly the fatty stuff from brains and bone marrow have enabled our ancestors to grow bigger brains which allowed us to invent weapons, reality tv and finally global warming and nuclear existential risk but also puppy calendars and coffee creamerwhich is good But potentially it's the homo sapien's ability to develop these complex tools that allowed them to kind of outlast and survive"

Spears! Sharp rocks! Ancient blades, bows and arrows and ...atlatls? What’s an atlatl? Experimental Archaeologist and decades-long ancient tool enthusiast Angelo Robledo is as passionate as an ologist can get. You likely have never heard of an atlatl, but by the end of the episode you’ll be carving one out of old lumber. Also covered: early axes, Indigenous traditions of Central and South America, ancient graffiti, tales of field work, archeology heroes, what to do if you find artifacts on a hike, and the physics of how far you can lob ancient weaponry, plus: the World Atlatl Association.

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