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The Sexy Hand Axe

The Will's third favorite theory is still a really fun one. A hand axe was located at the bottom of a kind of well in southern Spain. The hypothesis goes that hunters would wait for herds of animals to come, and then they would bombard them with hand axes. This might not be enough to make a kill, but this stones would maim a few and give the hunters an opportunity to charge.

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