The Weapons of the Stone Age

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[@Dlstufguy2]

Whenever I see older people complaining about kids these days being unable to write cursive or drive a stick shift I always wonder of there was a point where someone was like "kids these days can't even make spear tip out of stone"

[@albertawildcat3164]

I know what you mean. Many years ago when I was a very small child, my uncles (very much against my Grandfathers wishes) had bought a panel truck to do the deliveries for the family business. Grandpa warned them that "that dang thing" would leave them stranded in the boonies some day. He said we've been using horses to get around for thousands of years, and saw no good reason to change. Well, years later when they finally retired the old truck it got stuck in the lane to the barn. So while my uncles were trying to get it out Grandpa told us kids to go get old Nell (his plow horse) plow harnessed to pull "that dang thing" out. Off we went to the barn...Grandpa came out to the barn after a while when we hadn't come back and was surprised Nell was still in her stall. Why haven't you kids harnessed her up? he asked. We said 'we don't know how to harness a horse Grandpa' The look of astonishment and pity on his face was a picture! Must have been something like your old flint knapper, eh?

[@christopherhughes2211]

Lol, I have to same reaction my kids have no clue how internal combustion engines work or what a 2 or 4 stroke engine cycle is or what manual transmission’s are. They then laugh when I don’t know what different computer languages are, what they do or are programmed.

[@christopherhughes2211]

Luckily it’s all in good humor and a lot of love. I am truly thankful and fortunate.

[@nicksweeney5176]

When kids these days apply their minds to committing their thoughts(?) to writing, I wonder if they know the difference between diving and driving; or, between if and of. Further, spelling seems optional and punctuation, random guesses.

[@ericlester3056]

No, but a high quality video on the subject is certainly within reach.

[@jeffreyschweitzer8289]

“Even chimpanzees are sometimes seen using large sticks to hit their friends.” With friends like that, who needs enemies?

[@robertayoder2063]

Say they been making stone tools just entered the stone age. That be something

[@KevinSmith-os5yz]

@@robertayoder2063 it wouldn't be hard to train some I think. Then they could pass it on. Does that violate the prime directive though?:)

[@robertayoder2063]

@@KevinSmith-os5yz im not sure

[@PakistaniGoatMilker94]

@@KevinSmith-os5yz the main problem is chimps aren't as effective as teaching as early humans It's one thing to teach a chimp chimps make spears but it's another to have it teach its young and also show them how to teach

[@williewonka6694]

Everyone is your frenemey, lol

[@jonmichael6746]

"Paleolithic may have actually been much more peaceful than we often think" made me think of Robert E Howards quote, " Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split"

[@jturtle5318]

But in the Paleolithic, survival depended on everyone cooperating and participating. And aside from walking away and trying to find another tribe to join, in a thinly populated world, you couldn't just change jobs or move to a new neighborhood.

[@themewong7479]

Not at all , that opinion obviously influenced by postmodern neo Marxism ideologue. I hate postmodern so much!!!

[@irmaosmatos4026]

@@jturtle5318 why not? People lived in families, changing to the neighhboring tribe to not marry your cousin was regular

[@dee5298]

I think that is why rural people have a reputation for hospitality. While it doesn't seem true for everywhere, I live in Mississippi and there are a lot of deep holes in some of the countries thickest woods and everyone has something in their pocket. Blatant rudeness and open aggression isn't something I have seen much of outside of urban areas here. Even assholes at least tolerate others.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

@Dee Ken McElroy.

[@greystone5915]

"It is only natural to grab a big rock and either throw it or smash it over someones head" 🤣🤣🤣

[@SportyMabamba]

[@apparently_iam_stupid3020]

@@SportyMabamba I live on earth. *come here*

[@gussampson5029]

That natural tendency of your ancestors is the only reason you're alive today.

[@sadmoose6449]

Dude i tabbed out for like 5 minutes and when i came back that was the first thing i heard 😭

[@pogostix6097]

It's kind of mind boggling thinking about just how LONG the stone age lasted. People think "It ended 5,000 years ago, that's a long time ago" but don't usually realize that it lasted exponentially longer than any other age. Human brains just aren't built to appreciate how long it was.

[@johndowe7003]

Human brains have been the same for about 500000years

[@MountainGuerrilla]

the stone age has been around for longer that we, Homo Sapien Sapiens, have been around.

[@jasonstewartskungfustyles7106]

These methods were still used in Australia 200 years ago, many naked people still living with nature. But Europeans put an end to it, killing a few million free people.

[@MrChefjms]

In-fact there are still some remote tribe who still live the Stone Age life

[@macdermesser]

Flash in the pan. Besides, it was not so much our brains that took us out of the Stone Age but ever-accumulating knowledge exponentially increasing. That was the cause. We have the same brains, just more knowledge plus a three ring circus.

[@Paracific]

I don’t think Anyone actually understands how hard these things were to make perfectly. These people were talented.

[@matthewjacobs141]

Keep in mind we only see there successes

[@tyrellthiel2201]

I work at knapping periodically. Over 14 years, I have been able to make two points that could be fixed to a shaft and would theoretically fly.

[@Remykapel]

@@matthewjacobs141 we only see what's survived ...

[@stevebananas5788]

Nah, with a empty belly? You'd make it happen

[@blaineedwards8078]

Women are really good at making stuff, I mean just look at your mom. She really knows how to make a strong shaft.

[@hilliard665]

Australian here. Real boomerang do come back. There are 2 types, one for hunting which is like an L shape and does not return and then the common curved type, which is for foraging high up in trees and does return.

[@sandrajohnson9926]

Years ago, a sister in law took a vacation to Australia, brought back a boomerang to my children. They enjoyed using it in an open field. Once it was thrown & never returned. We never could find it. It was well crafted & a beautiful piece of wood.

[@DadManHiking]

I’ve made a few returning boomerangs, and when made right & thrown correctly they really do come back - right to you with practice. But you do have to catch them correctly to avoid getting whacked by the tips.

[@brianbadonde8700]

My bro is a landscaper and found a stone arrow head here in Ireland working on a garden and brought it to a university and the guy said it was probably 5000yrs old, maybe it was made by an ancestor who knows, Ireland is a small place

[@mlas1308]

that's interesting!

[@nmarbletoe8210]

Great great great .... great great Uncle Chip

[@shaggyrecrds420]

I find it amazing that you still live in the same area you ancestors did.

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Pretty cool ,

[@skootermclovinsrluiz2650]

@@shaggyrecrds420 no one/no where else will take em

[@mrpopo8298]

North 02: Look at my cool stone age weapons British police: Oi, you got licence for that?

[@SportyMabamba]

Oi got moi loicense for clubbin’ roight ‘ere

[@Lee-kf9tq]

​@@SportyMabambayeh because there's only the Cockney accent in Britain lol nothing else.

[@bossross2.08]

These stone tools must've took generations of passed down knowledge. It's extremely hard to make them.

[@thejackal5099]

Indeed. Those all stone daggers have me in awe.

[@vigunfighter]

Once you know how, it is pretty easy to learn to make stone tools and can be done quite quickly. Knocking a blade from a core takes just a second and with just this one thing, you can butcher a large animal. Developing the knowledge from scratch, yes, that took many, many, generations. Interesting that some of the best stone tools were done in the Americas, where the stone age lasted right up to the 1400-1600's.

[@damonbryan7232]

You would be surprised how fast the learning curve is. When whether you eat or not depends on it. You can go from beginner to master in less than a year.

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

No hard rocks can be broken without creating a cutting edge. One reasonably well placed 10" deep wound is lethal to all large land animals. Death in a minute, a day, or a week is of little matter. They can run but can't hide.

[@yaya-ds7gz]

I know from experience.. tried making impromptu arrowheads a couple times as a kid and was really humbled LOL

[@jockmclaren47]

Spear throwers, known as woomeras in Australia, made the heavy spear a fearsome weapon. I have a book written by a missionary in Arnhem Land (north east Northern Territory) in the 1930s to 40s. On festival days, they would hold a spear-throwing competition for the men. He said the hunters could regularly spear the trunk of a banana palm, i.e. about 150-200mm diameter or 6"-8" at 80 paces, or about 75m, using 3m spears with bone or stone tips. The hunters of Papua-New Guinea used bow and arrow but they were not used in Australia, probably because most timber here is hardwood and not suited to bows. But it made superb spears.

[@klytouch7515]

I like the boomerang tho... 😊 because she always comeback...hmmm

[@forestdwellerresearch6593]

That's a misconception. A bow can be made of pretty much any kind of wood. I wouldn't be too sure there were no bows in Australia to begin with....

[@garyp4374]

miroo in the pit language

[@jeffbamford805]

I was going to say the same thing but thought I'd check first to see if any other Aussies got in first.ive been to Arnhem land an it's still a tool weapon how ever you want to call it in use today fishing mainly because now they have Guns for buffalo an such..

[@klytouch7515]

@@jeffbamford805 well long ago buffaloes and bullocks and large introduced species wasn't here yet so spears was effective against native animals.. I like to see you go against buffaloes with the primitive spears... 😅

[@iolipuara3979]

I'm glad you appreciate the beauty of these creations. Many in the scientific community seem to heavily, if not completely, dehumanize the past. They forget that behind every artifact, there was a real person with relationships, dreams, fears, etc. Thanks for that.

[@gormatrok5286]

god bless you.

[@ndld4955]

Agreed.. Technology has advanced but a lot has remained the same .. If the lost all our knowledge tomorrow.. We'd be look at Stone age people and tools as advanced knowledge..

[@macdermesser]

The movie "Ice Man" is a must-see for anyone interested in Stone Age life. No other movie humanized Stone Age people like "Ice Man." The dialog, though sparse, was actually in a reconstruction of the language of the Swiss Alps region where Otzi the Ice Man was found.

[@NORTH02]

Edit: returned boomerangs made by aboriginals do exist. Also, Petr Yan would have won if his corner was there.

[@MariusRomanum]

Who the hell is Petr yan.

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

North 02, You forgot about the use of teeth in stone aged weapons. In particular, shark tooth swords used by the stone aged cultures in Hawaii and other Pacific islands. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiomano for an intro, but the one depicted was small. I have seen ones found from the Battle of Nuʻuanu that were horrifying and beautiful, two feet of tiger shark teeth.

[@phillip6083]

Are you aware of the technique to get better flakes off of a flint rock? You heat a flint chunk slowly in a fire and allow it to cool slowly.best if you get it hot then transfer it to a pile of dry leaves where it can smolder and cool slowly. You can get better and longer more consistent flakes.

[@NORTH02]

@@phillip6083 I mainly Knapp obsidian, you don’t need to do that with obsidian. I don’t know where to find any natural flint as of now so I haven’t had to heat treat it.

[@missadel20]

@@NORTH02 Texas has amazing flint, chart, jasper, and on and on! The best place to get any Flint napping needs is Texas, although West Coast obsidian rocks and my husband has made an absolute ton of arrowheads out of obsidian. Deadly sharp as he well knows from the thousands of cuts on his hand from each Arrowhead he makes.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Eagerly awaiting the “Violence in Prehistoric Societies” video, a super interesting topic. It’s amazing how a massacre 10,000 years old or more can be noticed and reconstructed by archaeologists. People are wild.

[@thedeathangeltda]

I’m working on a project right now at Uni about this exact topic. Granted it a graphic design project since I’m a design student but this video released at a perfect time for me to have good sources for it! Amazing video my friend!

[@hotdogmobile69]

literally the graphic designer urge to study Stone Age & prehistoric videos - I’ll throw them on when I design

[@Jr-qo4ls]

Any chance you could share a link to it when you are done?

[@thedeathangeltda]

@@Jr-qo4ls I mean I can but it’s really simple due to only having a couple weeks to work on it and I’m not sure how accurate my info is

[@wayne_lambright]

Cavepeople didn't have "graphic design". Are you mentally challenged?

[@VeganV5912]

@@thedeathangeltda , Heart attack pictures, fatty foods is animals clogged arteries : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2bamIypidSCiK8 !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnezd6Gem9p_qKc Vegans don’t have this problem because that is the animals. Vegans don’t get clogged arteries, 4% cancer if you’re vegan. Meat based diet 51% death rate. That is extremely high for a frigging burger etc. Gorillas in the wild, have 1 percent cancer. And they never ever eat animals !!! Peer review science !!!!

[@anonymousbosch9265]

I’m 41 and I grew up in farm country and my father had us make and hunt with all of these weapons and we even made boomerangs. We cheated and used a grinder for making stone tips as the new flint knapping hobby really wasn’t around then. It brings back memories of of my dad’s bookshelf full of Native American illustrated coffee table books with arrows and spears and whatever and how we’d go to the Milwaukee and Chicago museums at least once a year. I guess that’s why I cast a bronze xiphos blade sword in the backyard with my daughter for a school project when she was about 13

[@SolracCAP]

Did your daughter enjoy making the sword? I would've thought it'd be so cool creating a sword with my father

[@anonymousbosch9265]

@@SolracCAP we had a really good time but the sword had issues of flash freezing causing massive pitting when 2100 degree F mixture of copper/tin/lead hit the 500F mold. I was disappointed with the result but she loved it because it looked like a relic found on the bottom of the Aegean Sea and we documented the whole process and she received an A

[@SolracCAP]

@@anonymousbosch9265 Wow, that difference in temperature definitely made the difference. Glad she got an A!

[@Nuttyirishman85]

My day and I played swords when he was teaching me how to pee. Both are forms of bonding I suppose.

[@Guilty2805]

​@@Nuttyirishman85What?

[@thedwightguy]

multiple micro points in addition the the arrowhead itself would keep the animal bleeding, and keep cutting. Even if the arrowhead itself hit a bone or non life threatening area, the lineup of micro blades would keep working every time the animal moved. Very, very effective.

[@megamammonmultiplier]

And YES to the idea of covering Aztec warfare, weaponry, and more. Like 'Alexander the Great and the Giants' (old but gold) and the last part, with the war elephants.

[@sksk-bd7yv]

The stone age hasn't really ended. If you take into account places like the deep amazon rain forest, Papua New Guinea and the Sentinelese Island - there are people still living according to stone age technology. Btw - I would love a video about this subject.

[@gaiusjuliusceasar5180]

Fu n those savages!

[@michaelpacnw2419]

And all of North and South America until Europeans arrived 400 years ago.

[@readmycomment4696]

Would thr great cities of Maya and astec civilization is also considered stoneage

[@user-zj6hn4nb1m]

@@michaelpacnw2419 Not really, I mean mezoamericans lived in large cities, the would send their kids to "schools", they paid taxes. Less advanced than the old-world sure but "stone age"?!

[@michaelpacnw2419]

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m Actually, yes. Archeologists break up civilizations in to categories. Stone Age, then Bronze Age, then Iron Age. The inhabitants of the Americas were still in the stone age and had not discovered the wheel when contacted by Europeans. They had a few (very few) native copper (meaning they found a chunk of pure copper) pieces that they ground in to axes, but had no idea how to smelt or work the metal with heat. Hell, they hadn't even figured out how to bake bricks.

[@rusty_shacklford]

Extremely difficult to make and required immense skill. I laugh when people ask just how sharp or effective these tools are. We literally hunted mammoths with them lol

[@alienpov]

They

[@Dougarrowhead]

I've seen 5 or 6 rusty shacklefords on KZbin recently

[@sandrajohnson9926]

@@Dougarrowhead Rusty is everywhere. He follows at least 3 others I do. I'm familiar with his name.

[@Dougarrowhead]

@@sandrajohnson9926 the ones I'm referring to are different people. Names have different spacing capitol or lowercase letters etc....

[@2bingtim]

Indeed, sharper than the finest steel.

[@goyoelburro]

I loved your channel before, but I collect historical weapons, and this is really really cool!! Thanks so much 🙂

[@junegemini3092]

What a cool hobby! Something thats never crossed my mind before

[@willc854]

I get the strangest looks when folks see a whaling harpoon hanging in the den…

[@antonioboss298]

Another great video North, a lot of information in this to unpack but I definitely appreciate that you mentioned the tools and weapons that originated from Africa. You always show the importance of Africa, especially when it comes down to our beginning as a species. Can't wait to show this to others who love prehistoric weapons, continue to do great work bud.

[@walkthemads]

Came here to say this!! Thanks North!!

[@jongoldey3842]

You can always circle back

[@claramoro8228]

Arrivederci e grazie per questo splendido documentario!!! 😊 I'm Italian but luckily I'm bilingual, so yeah, I love your videos!! 😊 Keep up the great work 👍

[@ChristianMarkhamNTX]

Your videos are incredible. I'm starting to do a lot in the archeology field with the Gault School of Arch. Research, Clovis in particular, and your videos have helped me hold my own around the experts! I have learned SO much more than I knew previously from you. One of them is also teaching me to flint knap, and I hope to be as good as you very soon!! Thank you for taking the time to share your findings. I, along with many others here really appreciate it.

[@mshepherd324]

from consistently binge watching your videos, ive noticed incremental improvements as the channel grows. Amazing work, keep it up !

[@danielnystrom7310]

How to start a sunday, North02 new video of course. Great video, they sure were great our ancestors. Looking forward to you release a video of you flint knapping. Look up Phil Harding from England, he was on time team some years back, he is an experp in flint knapping, not sure what videos or read material he have about it but it got to be something. Thank you North02 for making the start of my day great ❤

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Not sure how I missed this one, but I fixed that, now. Yet another top-notch video, as always, North! I really love the many layers, from the voice so easy on the ear, to the fantastic writing, to the quality of the images, and the professional look! You deserve to be working for one of the big history channels, with a paycheck big enough to make you set for life. 🙂 Very well done! ❤️❤️

[@wyattblaine7066]

Cottontails are best harvested after a good frost or light snowfall. Helps kill off tainted or sick rabbits, as well as fleas and ticks they might be have on board. Very excited for you, your arrowheads look fantastic!

[@got2kittys]

Cottontail rabbit is not the best meat.

[@wyattblaine7066]

@@got2kittys lean white meat, not stringy like a jackrabbit. Soft, easily worked hide. Perfect target for a novice hunter. Best in stews or parted out and fried. It’s no venison, but it’s good eating.

[@chadklaren9537]

Frost does not kill the fleas on rabbits the cold does nothing to rabbits other than make their fur thicker and better for making things.

[@Dougarrowhead]

@@got2kittys you can't cook worth a damn

[@adastra5346]

Thanks North O2....you've made my weekend. I love it when you post....I know I'm in for a trip of thinking and learning. Excellent work, as always, man. Happy Easter Weekend to you and your family guy. That Dalton Point at 7:50 is one of my favorite types. I've found dozens of them in KY/TN over the last 20 plus years. I've also found one whole Cumberland near Ft Campbell....best day of hunting I've ever had.....even the few broken ones I've found are absolutely exciting.

[@kaiabea280]

This was so fascinating! The fluted points are just stunning, not to mention incredibly crafted

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

Thanks NORTH 02 for another great video! I loved every second of this one, and I was kinda sad when it ended. :( Keep on doing what you do!

[@tomasrikona1309]

Great video. Extensive well documented and interesting. I especially liked the segment on flint knapping and stone knives. The examples you had of axe and spear blades were so beautiful they made me want to cry. Their creators were true artists and Imbued their weapons and the tools they used to make them with prayers and incantations as only a ttue master craftsman would. Thanks again. Good luck in your studies.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

This is some top-notch documentary film making. Every section of this video deserves to be expanded into its own mini-documentary. Well done!

[@bogbody9952]

I'm very pleased to have discovered your channel. This is the first one I've watched and I'm going to subscribe and watch them all as the subject matter is interesting for me. That's all I have to say besides, great job! You're very talented and obviously hard working and the end result produced this entertaining and informative show and I'm sure your other work matches this measure. I'll let you know, I promise. You set the bar pretty high, lol.

[@MariusRomanum]

I've made a few stone tools myself and I had to go to the E.R. almost lost my finger. Obsidian is really sharp

[@IdeasExchange1]

I think that maybe obsidian or similar is used for eye surgery because it is so much sharper than metal. Could be wrong⊙﹏⊙

[@thomasfoss9963]

It cuts like glass and is sharper than carbon steel-----

[@SilvaDreams]

They still use obsidian scalpel blades for cosmetic surgery since the edge of the blade is so fine it causes less tearing of the skin and thus less of a scar than even the best steel blade.

[@stephanieyee9784]

Loved this video and the content. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it. Those Danish points are divine.

[@HollyOllyOxenfree-]

Love the longer format. Alot of work went into this and it shows. Nice job

[@cladetv8538]

I tried knapping in Uni and it was not easy. Really puts into perspective how crafty we can be... awesome vid North02, love it!!

[@jamesrussell7760]

Your content is consistently fascinating. Well done, with appreciation!

[@cormacskitchenkitchen4009]

Lovely work, thank you for taking the time to do this. I appreciate your work.

[@Agent_of_Grim]

He forgot to talk about the Hawaiian weapons that used the shark's teeth. Much like the macuahuitl, the Hawaiians called it Leiomano. Also there were many different kinds of styles. There were also ultra sharpened wood paddle/clubs to cut. They were used more for a weapon than anything else since they were made up completely of wood

[@Liliphant_]

Hawaii wasn't populated until long after the stone age

[@uarbor70]

Saddle I am pretty sure the Mayans use wooden paddle like clubs with Flint flakes mounted much like the sharks teeth are on the edge

[@damonbryan7232]

The one thing you add to your narrative that I adore. You emphasize even the experts don't have all the answers. Even with massive amounts of evidence. They still can at best make a educated guess. With less evidence comes even more guess work

[@Adam_Davies]

One of the best videos I’ve ever watched… thanks for all your hard work and research 🙌🙌 Hello from the UK 🇬🇧

[@Smooth_Brained_Hot_Takes]

Attaching my sharp stone to my stabbing stick!!! Why didn't I think of that!! Cave guys are rad.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

Excellent video! Fascinating and in depth! Thank you for your dedication to this type of content.

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

AmazIng amazing amazing!! I can’t wait to get home and watch this over and over again. Thank you so much for your amazing content and all the work you put into your videos. 🙏🙏

[@totwallybaba]

I live in rural Southeast Alabama. I have been finding stone tools in fields here for 35 years. Through self education, I have learned what Mode 1 Oldowan through Mode 5 microblade is. Here I have found every phase of stone tool technology. Hand axes, Levoillois, and very few Oldowan tools. I also see abundant Archaic to Mississippian stone tools. What is puzzling to me is that the plows drag them all up from no deeper than 14 inches.

[@NORTH02]

I am sorry but I do not believe your claims. You must be misidentifying certain objects. If these artifacts were common and authentic, there would already be extensive research on them.

[@brianbadonde8700]

the Natives were using stone age tools up until very recently so 14 inches below the surface doesn't seem to strange, that cool that you find so much stuff, a metal detector might come in handy, you never know what you might find

[@totwallybaba]

@@NORTH02 that is ok. I guess you should take a look at the hand axes of the Mojave. Mine look similar.

[@ancientbuilds3764]

@@totwallybaba You guys should get in touch with each other. At least send North 02 some pics.

[@Dougarrowhead]

Full of shit. You probably have a million effigies too.

[@anenticingsquid9219]

Imagine the person who made one of these stone tools spending hours chipping away. You make yourself a nice tool and think of what might happen to it when your gone. Never knowing that countless millennia later, strange creatures that kind of resemble you will survey your work with awe and admiration. Imagine after many years of use, you make for yourself a new tool, and cast the old one aside as valueless debris. Never knowing that in thousands of years, someone will find what you tossed aside and it will be a priceless gem.

[@BlurbFish]

I wonder if, perhaps some of the Danish flintknappers felt that way. Were one of these daggers discarded in favour of a new metallic dagger, like we today get rid of old and replace it with new?

[@silvertiger2801]

Clovis points: I would flute the points, after the basic shape was crafted, then do the fine knapping around the edges. That way I don't risk breaking a finished point.

[@The_War_Pug]

Slings are pretty awesome. Around 200 BC during the Second Punic War, Hannibal used them well and there was there where medical texts from approximately the same time describing methods of removing lead shot loosed from slings.

[@gildedpeahen876]

Great for bringing down Giants too 😉

[@2bingtim]

@@gildedpeahen876 A throw away comment?...

[@gildedpeahen876]

@@2bingtim I see what u did there 😏

[@voltekthecyborg7898]

Slings were awesome, and even out-performed bows in range and power. So why were slings replaced by bows and crossbows? It's pretty simple. Actually, the sling wasn't, as it took YEARS for a slinger to actually be deadly. Bows were easier to train with, and crossbows, far more so (but both were common in Medieval Europe), until they were replaced by the firearm. "If you want to train a man in archery, start with his grandfather. If you want to train him with a musket, start Tuesday."- Old Military Saying

[@bogtrottername7001]

There are stone tool craftsman's shows. They are always happy to show how it is done or even to help get you started. Letchworth State Park near Rochester N.Y. has one late in the summer.

[@vinces7001]

Nice one and cracking video as Always. Your expanding my knowledge on a fascinating subject plus worth the wait! Cheers

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

The greatest advantage of the spear wasn't only that it could kill quickly but that it could kill from a distance. By using a tool instead of their hands/teeth to kill early human were able to remove themselves from a significant amount of danger associated with hunting. For predators like wolves and lions there's always a chance that their prey can kick/bite them bad enough to seriously injured simply due to the fact they have to make physical contact with their prey to kill it. Using a spear meant that if the prey fought back during a hunt they were more likely to damage the spear rather then the person holding it. And once humanity discovered the throwing spear the race to being a apex predator was all but decided.

[@DneilB007]

Weapons, even hand-held ones, give an immense advantage to the user over other predators. Any bite attack inherently leaves the neck vulnerable to a counterattack; but a weapon has the attacker keeping their neck at least a limb-length away from the point of attack. The other huge advantage of a thrusting spear is that it can use the force of the victim to kill the victim, not that of the attacker. Bracing the butt of the spear on the ground and holding it low with both hands to receive the charge of the attacker meant that the killing stroke is powered by the victim’s mass, not the attacker’s strength.

[@matthewjacobs141]

I would add a correction…The bow came thousands of years after the Atlatl…not before… I've talked with some that think the Atlatl has been around for 100,000 years plus or minus

[@chadklaren9537]

Yeah it's well known that the atlatl is a minium of 60,000 years old and has been around much longer than the bow. Also he was wrong about the Clovis people who were in the Americas for much longer than 600 years they thrived here for a few thousand years and most likely showed up a couple of thousand years earlier than we think.

[@matthewjacobs141]

@@chadklaren9537 Yes...also the ATLATL is a hunting tool found in every primitive hunting culture...from Australia to the Arctic...they all have their own word for it...ATLATL comes from South or Central America

[@nmarbletoe8210]

@@chadklaren9537 And the Clovis who survived the Younger Dryas then became the Folsom people, it seems. So they survived but the culture changed.

[@sizanogreen9900]

Great video:) I remember hearing a couple of years ago that there were also spear type weapons in the same style as the macahuitl in mesoamerica. With large bladed sections looking more like polearms than spears imo. But tbh. I am not quite sure myself where I heard that so I would take that info with a mouthfull of salt.

[@tyrellthiel2201]

Knapping is so satisfying, despite the difficulty. When you get that perfect strike and the exact amount of material falls away right where you intended...

[@declanlee6894]

Thoroughly enjoyed your detailed and in depth video on stone weapons thank you!

[@primalcode3057]

I have been flintknapping and making stone tools for a year now. i highly recommend learning

[@jackrice2770]

The way things are going, I think you have a skill that's going to be in high demand. After the next war...

[@unknownuser2737]

I've been napping and teaching for 25 years. Very fascinating hobby. And I believe prehistoric man bragged about the beautiful points that he or she made. Just like we do today, 😁

[@ubomninomen7765]

Good stuff! You should definitely make some content about the conquest of the Aztecs. Cortes' campaign is an incredible story, but know that that the superior weapons and technology of Cortes and his goons is always over-empahasized. It was through clever diplomacy and guile that Cortes was able to amass an overwhelmingly large alliance of native tribes who despised the Aztecs. That was the decisive factor, not the steel, gunpowder, and horses of a few hundred Spanish desperadoes. Although the well-equipped conquistadores were brutally effective in battle, they were much more valuable as a small elite cadre around which the allied army could be rallied.

[@voltekthecyborg7898]

It was the massive alliance and the weapon no one even saw: Disease. Small pox, influenza, diseases that the Indigenous Americans never even dealt with wiped out hundreds of thousands.

[@kirkmarrie8060]

Great presentation, awesome research, amazing cinematography and editing, extremely confident narration, warm, fuzzy inducing historical visualization. FRIGGIN TOP NOTCH! KUDOS!

[@themtbrowns]

Excellent as usual. I was surprised when I saw the title, but of course I watched. And I am glad I did. Fascinating stuff, thanks.

[@deepgardening]

To see a cinematic depiction of atlatl use in intertribal conflict, the Australian flic "Ten Canoes" by David Gumpalil (who starred in Walkabout) The film leaves no doubt about how effective an atlatl dart can be..

[@IngloriousBastard616]

Video games that feature stone age like weapons that take place in modern times were always cool to me. Say North 02 you ever play Rise son of Rome? That game was cool

[@MrThatnativeguy]

You may like Fallout New Vegas if you’re into that time warp kinda stuff , it’s set in a post apocalyptic future one of the factions in game called Caesar’s legion , they wear Roman armour and while some have firearms most use spears etc.

[@neilz.]

I suggest getting a powerfist. It's good fun

[@IngloriousBastard616]

@@MrThatnativeguy nice 👍

[@IngloriousBastard616]

@@neilz. Neat

[@Spiritof48]

Awesome, North 02 ! 👍 Flint arrowheads were thoroughly tested in the Lejre re-enactment center in Denmark. The test subjects was freshly killed boars , and the results (not surprisingly) = they are absolutely deadly.

[@davidhodgson5349]

Your voice is so calm and soothing, aaaaaaah :) I love the pace of this video. You just get straight to it and kept me entertained for 28 minutes. Great work. I'm going to check out your other videos

[@someguy403]

You did a really good job with this video. It was pretty funny to think of a stone/bronze age luddite but I'm sure they did actually exist.

[@kuriboh635]

As a person that has done some flint knapping for fun I can tell you that it sucks trying to do clovis points. I'm definitely no expert and have only made 6 points successfully but it's one I wanted to try because they are my absolute favorite type of arrow/spearhead. I haven't done any knapping in years but have thought about doing it again and trying to make a bow to actually use what I make

[@peterjennett9124]

Excellent material. Appreciate your research and time it took to gather all info. Thank You!

[@trafalgar22a8]

Thanks for your considerable effort 522 in producing this video.

[@nogoodgod4915]

It would be amazing if you made a part 2 continuation of this video where you talk about the weapons of the bronze age. Also, this is a really well done video, one of your best! But I do kind of miss the videos about dinos..

[@rexmundi3108]

We often talk about the stone age but seldom do we mention the wood age.

[@theguywitheyebrows]

i am so glad you did this vid on your channel!!b this one was awesome, you're doing an amazing job with all the research and your knapping is progressing famously!! great work bro!!

[@deanmohr3774]

This a most excellent documentary. Thank you for the thought and the hard work that went into its creation.

[@megamammonmultiplier]

Loved this one 👏👏👏 never saw the beauty of stone napping before, but those Danish daggers... Damn, man! And yours were cool too - Happy hunting! What was that green arrow/spear head made of?

[@NORTH02]

It is made of glass

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[@kayled3476]

As always, a brilliant vid. Am a huge fan. Have you ever looked into the tools used by indigenous Australians. Stone tipped spears and woomeras are still made there today to hunt large game.

[@NORTH02]

Kimberly points are wonderful. I was going to mention this but I didn’t want to carry the video on much longer.

[@garyp4374]

have seen Spears made with glass on the end

[@bogtrottername7001]

@@garyp4374 I own several.

[@matthewjacobs141]

The also use the Atlatl

[@kayled3476]

I have seen a spear point made out of an old coke bottle that washed up in Western Aust. It was on a doco. It was stunning. The atlatl is usually referred to as a woomera generally in Australia.

[@savage22bolt32]

Real nice presentation! I recognized a few of the hunt primitive shots. I used to watch that channel. Had big plans of knapping & building arrows & a bow, and taking my first deer, but bought a couple of motorcycles instead. Reverted to a different part of my childhood.

[@tommyotero7465]

I watched your video on the Clovis culture a few months ago and had I not, I would have totally overlooked the hand axe I found back in March. I live in the midlands of South Carolina in an old farm house that was originally a twin dog trot log cabin. The property has been in my family since the 1800s and many artifacts have been found over the years. I have my grandmother's collection and my wife and I have been adding to it for the past few years. It's such a thought-provoking experience to find them and consider their histories and previous owners.

[@sgt.duke.mc_50]

"History with Kayleigh" had a video on a similar topic, dealing with tools made by the ancients that may predate much earlier than thought.

[@seekingsomethingshamanic]

imagining a early hominid walking across the savana after a bad day is something truly scary. they were so much stronger and more capable

[@mudshovel289]

Depends on which one. All of them were stronger than us but Australopithecus couldn’t run for very long so if you were far enough away, you could probably run and keep your distance. Probably catching you over short distances though. Now Erectus on the other hand was strong and he could run for extremely long distances.

[@76rjackson]

What are you worried about? He'd probably just "invite' you home for dinner.

[@michaelhermans4753]

@@76rjackson where you are the meal

[@larrybesel9423]

An incredible production! Thank you for presenting such a fabulous collection of ancient weaponry! This rates 20 on a scale of 10! ❤😊

[@harryschaefer8563]

This narrator's calm voice is maybe the best I've ever heard. He is an excellent educator. Thanks for a great tutorial.

[@natalielambert4378]

How about the average rock? They are everywhere and lethal at short distance with practice. I think a lot of people would have achieved savant like levels of accuracy with rocks. I'm not sure how we would find evidence though apart from skull fractures. I'm teaching my daughter how to throw rocks as a self defence, I figure there is always something that can be thrown should she need weapon one day. This way she will almost always have one hand. She is becoming very accurate.

[@johnshields9110]

My Father told a tale of a childhood friend who threw a green walnut and 'brained' a squirrel off a low limb; he often carried a throwing rock with him on his walk to school (he got a rabbit, once).

[@natalielambert4378]

@@johnshields9110 I'm getting to be a good shot as well, at least better than I began. I reckon the accuracy levels would have been astounding back when it was only rocks getting thrown. Excellent hunting weapon but the idea of a rock war between our distant ancestors sounds absolutely brutal.

[@natalielambert4378]

@north02 I'd love to see what you can come up with surrounding this if anything?

[@johnshields9110]

@@natalielambert4378 As a kid, and trying to match my 4 brothers, I did a lot of rock and hard dirt clod throwing (lived on a real, rural farm). I learned to throw by watching the baseball pitchers know as submariners (low to high arch). I concur that an ancient war with rocks, even a fleeting one, would have been awful.

[@danielwebsta]

Put her in jiu jitsu instead. If shes in a bad situation with a man, he will have to be grappling with her to do what he wants, like rape, or dominating her. Sure, in a fistfight, men always have the advantage, 9 out of 10 times, due to their strength advantage. But teach her how to fight from off of her back, and she can put a much larger and stronger man to sleep using technique alone. She wont always be able to throw a rock, but she will always be able to put a full grown man to sleep with just a year of jiu jitsu classes. One big take away from what ive said is that a man must be in a grappling position to rape a girl. When she learns to properly triangle choke, she wont have to worry about that too much anymore. Much love to you and your family! I hope ive helped in some way. I truly hope no harm ever comes to her, but in case harm comes, she will be prepared with jiu jitsu! Cheers!

[@NORTH02]

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[@LiSa.N.J]

Excellent video and really good information. Thank you for taking the time to make this. Look forward to your next video. You always have some very interesting and wonderful videos. Keep up the great work. Stay safe.

[@lzdmglg202612]

Thanks for your effort in completing this useful video. Even today, practice makes perfect.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

Hunting animals with selfmade stone age weapons just for the sake of trying it out or for the fun of it is animal cruelty. Only in the case of primitive peoples who are skilled in using these weapons and depend on them for survival the use of this kind of weapons can be morally justified. It's very hard to kill an animal wth stone age weapons without making it suffer and killing an animal without necessity is always reprehensible.

[@markshort9098]

How long do you think a rabbit is going to live with an inch wide slice right through it? If he's good enough to hit a rabbit with those arrows, it will kill just as fast if not faster than a body shot with a .22 rifle.. i know people who hunt rabbits with a bow and they use special rabbit tips that don't burrow into the grass so the arrows don't get lost and those arrows kill very quickly even though they don't have a sharp tip and they don't cause a wound anywhere near as big as those stone broad heads will do.. those broad heads are inline with what is used for hunting large game like deer and are very much over kill on rabbits

[@Vandal_Savage]

@@markshort9098 27:50 funny looking rabbit...

[@jzjzjzj]

no matter how an animal is killed it will suffer get over it grow up and move along

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@jzjzjzj You make it way too easy for yourself. There is a big difference between killing an animal out of need and killing an animal without any necessity.

[@SMHman666]

Thank you for a well put together and informative upload.

[@thomasgumersell9607]

Great video on Weapons of the stone age. Knapping blades especially Bi Focal points takes a lot of patience and understanding of the stone. I was very impressed with the Red Flint Dagger truly a remarkable work of art. 💪🏻

[@johnkidd797]

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[@lobopropredatorcontrol]

Really enjoy your content, like Ryan’s channel a lot too! Please keep them coming

[@choggy4214]

Another awesome video - thank you for the hard work!

[@renanfelipedossantos5913]

Among Brazilian native Americans, flat clubs often doubled as a paddle. So, they were both a tool of navigation and warfare.

[@dylanlivingston9629]

Thank you for that excellent video! Good work!

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

Great post! I look forward to the post u talked about...'the nature of stone aged violence' that's gonna be even better!!

[@ganggreensantiago202]

Great presentation, smooth and pro for sure. You have me confused regarding the atlatl/bow place in history, I need to go double check the facts now....nice day for it! Keep your tips up!

[@alasdairmackintosh]

A fluted point knife blade made of chert was found where I live in Saskatchewan. I think dated back 12,000 or so years, providing evidence of indigenous peoples survival as early as back then. The person heat treated it and it was very thin. Indigenous people here usually traded for knife river flint from far away which is a better material, but the Swan river chert was much closer for those who were skilled craftsmen

[@slappy8941]

That would be a Clovis point.

[@bewilderment9268]

I thank you sir for this little trip through history. I live in the Big Bend area of Texas and have found many uni-face tools, blades and points which are obviously very, very old. They are made of a stone which, when broken, is jet black but will weather to a brown or grey color. Some of these are "fully weathered" including the edges. I know that sites around here have been dated to 15,000 years old but l believe these tools are MUCH older than that. Into the 25,000 year range or more. In addition, l have also found beautifully made, finely knapped points. The technological difference between the uni-face and bi-face points is easy to see. Thank you again for a very well made and informative video.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

I too am working on napping flint, and my own propellant, soap, leather conditioners. I love honing old skills and getting back to basics

[@BushcraftWoodsDevil]

Excellent video and information. Thanks for sharing this!!

[@kevinhullinger8743]

I overheard a co-worker state makes lots of stone tools and places them all over for people to find. He places them in the sand or soft ground with parts sticking out. He also places his hand prints in caves as well.

[@mountaingoattaichi]

One of the best videos on the topic. Very thoroughly researched. Have you done a video on the Perforated Baton?