The Weapons of the Stone Age

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  • @Dlstufguy2
    @Dlstufguy2 2 роки тому +2676

    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
      @albertawildcat3164 2 роки тому +404

      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
      @christopherhughes2211 2 роки тому +89

      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
      @christopherhughes2211 2 роки тому +39

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

    • @nicksweeney5176
      @nicksweeney5176 2 роки тому +21

      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.

    • @tree_relics
      @tree_relics 2 роки тому +13

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

  • @jeffreyschweitzer8289
    @jeffreyschweitzer8289 2 роки тому +461

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

    • @robertayoder2063
      @robertayoder2063 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @KevinSmith-os5yz
      @KevinSmith-os5yz 2 роки тому +19

      @@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
      @robertayoder2063 2 роки тому +2

      @@KevinSmith-os5yz im not sure

    • @PakistaniGoatMilker94
      @PakistaniGoatMilker94 2 роки тому +14

      @@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
      @williewonka6694 2 роки тому +4

      Everyone is your frenemey, lol

  • @jonmichael6746
    @jonmichael6746 2 роки тому +870

    "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
      @jturtle5318 2 роки тому +55

      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
      @themewong7479 2 роки тому

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

    • @irmaosmatos4026
      @irmaosmatos4026 2 роки тому +26

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

    • @dee5298
      @dee5298 Рік тому +44

      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
      @phaedrussmith1949 Рік тому +1

      @Dee Ken McElroy.

  • @greystone5915
    @greystone5915 2 роки тому +122

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

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 2 роки тому +2

    • @apparently_iam_stupid3020
      @apparently_iam_stupid3020 2 роки тому

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

    • @gussampson5029
      @gussampson5029 6 місяців тому

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

    • @sadmoose6449
      @sadmoose6449 4 місяці тому

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

    • @leemiles3975
      @leemiles3975 2 місяці тому

      He sure knows his instinct 😂😂😂

  • @pogostix6097
    @pogostix6097 2 роки тому +431

    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
      @johndowe7003 2 роки тому +13

      Human brains have been the same for about 500000years

    • @MountainGuerrilla
      @MountainGuerrilla 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @jasonstewartskungfustyles7106
      @jasonstewartskungfustyles7106 2 роки тому

      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
      @MrChefjms 2 роки тому +21

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

    • @macdermesser
      @macdermesser Рік тому +14

      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
    @Paracific 2 роки тому +445

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

    • @matthewjacobs141
      @matthewjacobs141 2 роки тому +26

      Keep in mind we only see there successes

    • @tyrellthiel2201
      @tyrellthiel2201 2 роки тому +23

      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
      @Remykapel 2 роки тому +24

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

    • @stevebananas5788
      @stevebananas5788 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @blaineedwards8078
      @blaineedwards8078 2 роки тому +14

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

  • @mrpopo8298
    @mrpopo8298 2 роки тому +34

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

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 2 роки тому +3

      Oi got moi loicense for clubbin’ roight ‘ere

    • @Lee-kf9tq
      @Lee-kf9tq 3 місяці тому +1

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

    • @cd0m613
      @cd0m613 8 днів тому

      I could easily see a british police officer destroying a collectors stone age weapon

    • @Baitin_Amphibian
      @Baitin_Amphibian 6 днів тому

      ​@@cd0m613they would do it with a smug smile one their face

  • @brianbadonde8700
    @brianbadonde8700 2 роки тому +115

    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

  • @hilliard665
    @hilliard665 2 роки тому +39

    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
      @sandrajohnson9926 Рік тому +6

      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
      @DadManHiking 4 місяці тому +1

      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.

  • @jockmclaren47
    @jockmclaren47 2 роки тому +223

    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
      @klytouch7515 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @forestdwellerresearch6593
      @forestdwellerresearch6593 2 роки тому +18

      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
      @garyp4374 2 роки тому +2

      miroo in the pit language

    • @jeffbamford805
      @jeffbamford805 2 роки тому

      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
      @klytouch7515 2 роки тому +2

      @@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... 😅

  • @bossross2.08
    @bossross2.08 2 роки тому +541

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

    • @thejackal5099
      @thejackal5099 2 роки тому +20

      Indeed. Those all stone daggers have me in awe.

    • @vigunfighter
      @vigunfighter 2 роки тому +48

      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
      @damonbryan7232 2 роки тому +28

      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
      @ferengiprofiteer9145 2 роки тому

      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
      @yaya-ds7gz 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @iolipuara3979
    @iolipuara3979 2 роки тому +90

    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
      @gormatrok5286 Рік тому +2

      god bless you.

    • @ndld4955
      @ndld4955 Рік тому +4

      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
      @macdermesser Рік тому +2

      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.

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Місяць тому

      They all look very crude to me, not beautiful. But very interesting and they go the job done.

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 2 роки тому +49

    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.

  • @thedwightguy
    @thedwightguy 2 роки тому +27

    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.

  • @thedeathangeltda
    @thedeathangeltda 2 роки тому +112

    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
      @hotdogmobile69 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Jr-qo4ls
      @Jr-qo4ls 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @thedeathangeltda
      @thedeathangeltda 2 роки тому

      @@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
      @wayne_lambright 2 роки тому

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

    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 2 роки тому

      @@thedeathangeltda , Heart attack pictures, fatty foods is animals clogged arteries : ua-cam.com/video/15wgYsToORM/v-deo.html !!! ua-cam.com/video/pFPFnhfuLrE/v-deo.html 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 !!!!

  • @megamammonmultiplier
    @megamammonmultiplier 2 роки тому +21

    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.

  • @anonymousbosch9265
    @anonymousbosch9265 2 роки тому +28

    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
      @SolracCAP Рік тому +1

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

    • @anonymousbosch9265
      @anonymousbosch9265 Рік тому +3

      @@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
      @SolracCAP Рік тому +2

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

    • @Nuttyirishman85
      @Nuttyirishman85 Рік тому

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

    • @Guilty2805
      @Guilty2805 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Nuttyirishman85What?

  • @rusty_shacklford
    @rusty_shacklford 2 роки тому +45

    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
      @alienpov Рік тому +2

      They

    • @Dougarrowhead
      @Dougarrowhead Рік тому +1

      I've seen 5 or 6 rusty shacklefords on UA-cam recently

    • @sandrajohnson9926
      @sandrajohnson9926 Рік тому

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

    • @Dougarrowhead
      @Dougarrowhead Рік тому

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

    • @2bingtim
      @2bingtim Рік тому +1

      Indeed, sharper than the finest steel.

  • @goyoelburro
    @goyoelburro 2 роки тому +62

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

    • @junegemini3092
      @junegemini3092 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @willc854
      @willc854 5 місяців тому

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

  • @sksk-bd7yv
    @sksk-bd7yv 2 роки тому +78

    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
      @gaiusjuliusceasar5180 2 роки тому

      Fu n those savages!

    • @michaelpacnw2419
      @michaelpacnw2419 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @readmycomment4696
      @readmycomment4696 2 роки тому

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

    • @user-zj6hn4nb1m
      @user-zj6hn4nb1m 2 роки тому

      @@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
      @michaelpacnw2419 2 роки тому +9

      @@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.

  • @antonioboss298
    @antonioboss298 2 роки тому +83

    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
      @walkthemads 2 роки тому +2

      Came here to say this!! Thanks North!!

    • @jongoldey3842
      @jongoldey3842 2 роки тому +1

      You can always circle back

    • @claramoro8228
      @claramoro8228 2 роки тому

      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 👍

  • @danielnystrom7310
    @danielnystrom7310 2 роки тому +5

    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 ❤

  • @MariusRomanum
    @MariusRomanum 2 роки тому +16

    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
      @IdeasExchange1 2 роки тому

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

    • @thomasfoss9963
      @thomasfoss9963 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @SilvaDreams
      @SilvaDreams 2 роки тому +3

      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.

  • @Adam_Davies
    @Adam_Davies 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @mshepherd324
    @mshepherd324 2 роки тому +11

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

  • @NORTH02
    @NORTH02  2 роки тому +36

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

    • @MariusRomanum
      @MariusRomanum 2 роки тому

      Who the hell is Petr yan.

    • @thelaughinghyenas8465
      @thelaughinghyenas8465 2 роки тому +6

      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
      @phillip6083 2 роки тому +4

      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
      @NORTH02  2 роки тому +4

      @@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
      @missadel20 2 роки тому +2

      @@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.

  • @Smooth_Brained_Hot_Takes
    @Smooth_Brained_Hot_Takes 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @TheLacedaemonian300
    @TheLacedaemonian300 2 роки тому +16

    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!

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl 2 роки тому +8

    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! ❤️❤️

  • @kaiabea280
    @kaiabea280 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @tellmeaboutyourgame314
    @tellmeaboutyourgame314 2 роки тому +1

    'but even a mammoth only has so much blood' might be the the most metal line I've ever heard in a UA-cam video essay

  • @jamesrussell7760
    @jamesrussell7760 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @damonbryan7232
    @damonbryan7232 2 роки тому +5

    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

  • @adastra5346
    @adastra5346 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @bogbody9952
    @bogbody9952 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @wyattblaine7066
    @wyattblaine7066 2 роки тому +23

    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
      @got2kittys 2 роки тому

      Cottontail rabbit is not the best meat.

    • @wyattblaine7066
      @wyattblaine7066 2 роки тому +4

      @@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
      @chadklaren9537 2 роки тому +1

      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
      @Dougarrowhead Рік тому

      @@got2kittys you can't cook worth a damn

  • @ZAYAZOfficial
    @ZAYAZOfficial 2 роки тому +4

    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. 🙏🙏

  • @marcusmoonstein242
    @marcusmoonstein242 Рік тому +1

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

  • @LittleOneSlaysThem
    @LittleOneSlaysThem 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Agent_of_Grim
    @Agent_of_Grim Рік тому +10

    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_
      @Liliphant_ Рік тому +1

      Hawaii wasn't populated until long after the stone age

    • @uarbor70
      @uarbor70 7 місяців тому

      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

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Місяць тому

      and those rain forest tribes with the poison tipped arrows from frogs

  • @cladetv8538
    @cladetv8538 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @tomasrikona1309
    @tomasrikona1309 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @lilykatmoon4508
    @lilykatmoon4508 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @primalcode3057
    @primalcode3057 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @jackrice2770
      @jackrice2770 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @unknownuser2737
      @unknownuser2737 2 роки тому +2

      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
    @ubomninomen7765 2 роки тому +6

    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
      @voltekthecyborg7898 8 місяців тому

      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.

  • @anenticingsquid9219
    @anenticingsquid9219 2 роки тому +2

    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
      @BlurbFish 2 роки тому

      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?

  • @themtbrowns
    @themtbrowns 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @IngloriousBastard616
    @IngloriousBastard616 2 роки тому +5

    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
      @MrThatnativeguy 2 роки тому +1

      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.
      @neilz. 2 роки тому +1

      I suggest getting a powerfist. It's good fun

    • @IngloriousBastard616
      @IngloriousBastard616 2 роки тому

      @@MrThatnativeguy nice 👍

    • @IngloriousBastard616
      @IngloriousBastard616 2 роки тому

      @@neilz. Neat

  • @The_War_Pug
    @The_War_Pug 2 роки тому +6

    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
      @gildedpeahen876 Рік тому +2

      Great for bringing down Giants too 😉

    • @2bingtim
      @2bingtim Рік тому

      @@gildedpeahen876 A throw away comment?...

    • @gildedpeahen876
      @gildedpeahen876 Рік тому

      @@2bingtim I see what u did there 😏

    • @voltekthecyborg7898
      @voltekthecyborg7898 8 місяців тому

      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

  • @ChristianMarkhamNTX
    @ChristianMarkhamNTX Рік тому +1

    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.

    • @LUISga55555
      @LUISga55555 2 місяці тому

      Great ABR album, white washed is still in my regular playlist

  • @vinces7001
    @vinces7001 2 роки тому

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

  • @totwallybaba
    @totwallybaba 2 роки тому +4

    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
      @NORTH02  2 роки тому +1

      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
      @brianbadonde8700 2 роки тому

      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
      @totwallybaba 2 роки тому

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

    • @ancientbuilds3764
      @ancientbuilds3764 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Dougarrowhead
      @Dougarrowhead Рік тому

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

  • @matthewjacobs141
    @matthewjacobs141 2 роки тому +3

    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
      @chadklaren9537 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @matthewjacobs141 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @nmarbletoe8210 Рік тому +1

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

  • @kevinhullinger8743
    @kevinhullinger8743 4 місяці тому +2

    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.

  • @trafalgar22a8
    @trafalgar22a8 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for your considerable effort 522 in producing this video.

  • @bogtrottername7001
    @bogtrottername7001 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @megamammonmultiplier
    @megamammonmultiplier 2 роки тому +26

    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
      @NORTH02  2 роки тому +2

      It is made of glass

    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 2 роки тому +1

      @@NORTH02 V👇iagra is eating animals, fat deposits clog the arteries !!! Erectile dysfunction 🥩 blockage inside your, do you know what 😮👇
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    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 2 роки тому +1

      @@NORTH02 . Heart attack pictures, fatty foods is animals clogged arteries : ua-cam.com/video/15wgYsToORM/v-deo.html !!! ua-cam.com/video/pFPFnhfuLrE/v-deo.html 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 !!!!

    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 2 роки тому +1

      @@NORTH02 “Since 1978, over 289,000 square Miles, of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed” ua-cam.com/video/daeB4XMvZSM/v-deo.html . Over a 5 minute hamburger etc !!!
      You can have vegan hamburgers and vegan chicken and vegan pizza and vegan curry and vegan burritos and vegan tacos and vegan ice cream et cetera !!! Poor innocent animals bludgeoned to death !!! You don’t want to be in their shoes !!!! .. 🐮🔪⛓😭/😵🔴🦠🍖🐔. Hypoooocrite 🤥. Big Time !!!! Over a frigging 5 minute hamburger et cetera !!!!!! CuIt🔴foIIowing !!!!

    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 2 роки тому +1

      @@NORTH02 . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. 👇👇 .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth or flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 Gorillas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟‍♂️👕🧦🥾🤮

  • @peterjennett9124
    @peterjennett9124 Рік тому +1

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

  • @silvertiger2801
    @silvertiger2801 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @rexmundi3108
    @rexmundi3108 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Місяць тому

      sometimes i have those wood type of mornings, but i dont get stoned anymore

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 2 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @cormacskitchenkitchen4009
    @cormacskitchenkitchen4009 4 місяці тому

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

  • @theguywitheyebrows
    @theguywitheyebrows 2 роки тому

    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!!

  • @someguy403
    @someguy403 2 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @deepgardening
    @deepgardening Рік тому +3

    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..

  • @LiSa.N.J
    @LiSa.N.J 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @davidhodgson5349
    @davidhodgson5349 Рік тому

    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

  • @nogoodgod4915
    @nogoodgod4915 2 роки тому +11

    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..

  • @kuriboh635
    @kuriboh635 Рік тому +4

    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

  • @savage22bolt32
    @savage22bolt32 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @moistedits4455
    @moistedits4455 2 роки тому +2

    I love how you are the only (prominent, that is) paleo UA-camr who talks about ancient humanity. Very intriguing stuff.

    • @sgt.duke.mc_50
      @sgt.duke.mc_50 2 роки тому +1

      If you haven't, you might check out another YTer who is very passionate about her work with similar topics, her channel is "History With Kayleigh". She posted one this past week (12 or 13 April '22) dealing with new found ancient tools that may date 100,00 of years older than previously thought.

    • @moistedits4455
      @moistedits4455 2 роки тому +1

      @@sgt.duke.mc_50 Ooh! Intriguing! Will check her channel out.

    • @buttercxpdraws8101
      @buttercxpdraws8101 2 роки тому +3

      There are several other excellent channels on these topics - I would recommend Stefan Milo’s channel and also the Gutsick Gibbon. I found North02 through Stefan Milo.

  • @kayled3476
    @kayled3476 2 роки тому +8

    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
      @NORTH02  2 роки тому +1

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

    • @garyp4374
      @garyp4374 2 роки тому

      have seen Spears made with glass on the end

    • @bogtrottername7001
      @bogtrottername7001 2 роки тому +1

      @@garyp4374 I own several.

    • @matthewjacobs141
      @matthewjacobs141 2 роки тому

      The also use the Atlatl

    • @kayled3476
      @kayled3476 2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @choggy4214
    @choggy4214 2 роки тому

    Another awesome video - thank you for the hard work!

  • @dylanlivingston9629
    @dylanlivingston9629 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for that excellent video! Good work!

  • @sgt.duke.mc_50
    @sgt.duke.mc_50 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @natalielambert4378
    @natalielambert4378 2 роки тому +3

    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
      @johnshields9110 2 роки тому +1

      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
      @natalielambert4378 2 роки тому

      @@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
      @natalielambert4378 2 роки тому

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

    • @johnshields9110
      @johnshields9110 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @danielwebsta Рік тому

      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!

  • @johnkidd797
    @johnkidd797 2 роки тому

    Sir, I want to thank you as I thoroughly enjoyed this video and appreciate the work and time put in. I rarely do this but I'm subscribing.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @tyrellthiel2201
    @tyrellthiel2201 2 роки тому +1

    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...

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Місяць тому

      Its hard to kidnap people nowadays because of all the cameras. But despite the difficulty, the reward can be worth it.

  • @NORTH02
    @NORTH02  2 роки тому +8

    first comment

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 2 роки тому

      Catholics = Chads = Chatholics

    • @nicksweeney5176
      @nicksweeney5176 2 роки тому +1

      @LeoTheBritish-Eurasian
      Tsk-tsk-tsk... Let's behave nicely, Flipper.

    • @nicksweeney5176
      @nicksweeney5176 2 роки тому +1

      @LeoTheBritish-Eurasian
      Well? So, you're just that wonderful. How very lovely and congratulations to you for becoming this wildly successful on UA-cam; you're really winning, Flipper.🤗
      Happy Easter to you and always remember: Sampsquanch loves you.🦍

    • @nicksweeney5176
      @nicksweeney5176 2 роки тому

      @LeoTheBritish-Eurasian
      Yes, yes. Everyone knows you're good and everyone knows I'm bad. We can all see that you're the good one; why else would you pick on me, to online bully?
      You're obviously the mega-dominant alpha male with rock-solid emotional maturity/security and unshakable alpha confidence.
      You know whom to smash; how often to smash; how long to smash... You really know it all.
      Actually, you're an absolute know-it-all and everyone sees it; everyone sees what an absolute alpha ultra-dominator you are.
      Warmest Easter salutations to you, Flipper.🤗
      You're an amazing success and a supernumerary intellect.
      If Jesus died to redeem ANYbody, he definitely died to redeem your supreme, ultra-mega-dominant, alpha ass.🤣👍🏻

    • @markshort9098
      @markshort9098 2 роки тому +1

      @LeoTheBritish-Eurasian wow a whole 60 subs, you've hit the big time now 🤣.. don't let that massive number go to your head.. oh too late

  • @berwinenzemann3468
    @berwinenzemann3468 2 роки тому +3

    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
      @markshort9098 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @Vandal_Savage 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @jzjzjzj
      @jzjzjzj 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @berwinenzemann3468
      @berwinenzemann3468 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @larrybesel9423
    @larrybesel9423 Рік тому

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

  • @declanlee6894
    @declanlee6894 2 роки тому

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

  • @GhostOfSnuffles
    @GhostOfSnuffles 2 роки тому +2

    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
      @DneilB007 2 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @kirkmarrie8060
    @kirkmarrie8060 Рік тому

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

  • @deanmohr3774
    @deanmohr3774 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @BushcraftWoodsDevil
    @BushcraftWoodsDevil 2 роки тому

    Excellent video and information. Thanks for sharing this!!

  • @lzdmglg202612
    @lzdmglg202612 Рік тому

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

  • @SHAd0Eheart
    @SHAd0Eheart 2 роки тому +2

    Great video! Thank you!

  • @SMHman666
    @SMHman666 2 роки тому

    Thank you for a well put together and informative upload.

  • @lobopropredatorcontrol
    @lobopropredatorcontrol 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @dapperkitten1890
    @dapperkitten1890 2 роки тому +1

    Haven't watched you in a while but just got back to you, good content👍

  • @squarecoffee8750
    @squarecoffee8750 2 роки тому +2

    Phenomenal video north! Truly a wonderful channel!

  • @lytken
    @lytken 2 роки тому

    what a great informative video you have mande and i love your voice and the way you narrate the video, it makes it so pleasing on the ears to us that have English as 2. language
    please keep making videos

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 2 роки тому

    A great video. It was interesting, informative, fascinating, and a nice production job. Thank you.

  • @hgicey5274
    @hgicey5274 2 роки тому +1

    You deserve so many more subs bro. Your great at this.

  • @codyrose1511
    @codyrose1511 2 роки тому

    So damn awesome! Such a great informative video.
    Thanks for making this awesome video.

  • @ganggreensantiago202
    @ganggreensantiago202 2 роки тому +1

    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
    @alasdairmackintosh 2 роки тому +2

    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
      @slappy8941 2 роки тому +1

      That would be a Clovis point.

  • @saltycreole2673
    @saltycreole2673 2 роки тому +1

    Human nature always proclives towards excellence, whether for good or for evil. We strive to compete with each other and nature in mind, body and spirit. This could be our ultimate salvation or our final undoing. Only time will tell.
    I must say, I look forward to your uploads on UA-cam. It's that excellence I was talking about earlier. Thanks for your efforts. We are all the better for them.