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BBC News
27-06-2025
- Science
- BBC News
World's oldest boomerang, doesn't come back when thrown!
The world's oldest boomerang is even older than we thought, and is being studied by scientists to learn more about how ancient humans curved boomerang is made from Mammoth tusk and was found in the Oblazowa Cave in Poland in in 1996 originally thought the bone could be around 30,000 years old, but after studying it again, the new team of scientists say it is actually even older - around 40,000 years old."It's the oldest boomerang in the world, and the only one in the world made of this shape and this long to be found in Poland," said Dr Sahra Talamo from the University of Bologna, in that it gives a "remarkable insight" into human behaviour. From studying it's shape, the scientists figured out that it would have flown when thrown, but not return to the person throwing than being used as a toy like today, the team figured out that it was likely used as a tool for hunting, or as part of an ancient ritual, or a piece of looking at marks on the handle, the team were also able to learn that the boomerang once belonged to someone who was boomerangs are generally associated with Aboriginal culture in oldest known boomerang from Australia dates to about 10,500 years ago, and was made from the oldest images of boomerangs in Australia are rock art paintings that are 20,000 years old, according to National Museum Australia.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
World's oldest boomerang doesn't actually come back
The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old. Archaeologists say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an astonishing level of skill. Researchers worked out from its shape that it would have flown when thrown, but would not have come back to the thrower. It was probably used in hunting, though it might have had cultural or artistic value, perhaps being used in some kind of ritual. The mammoth ivory boomerang was unearthed in Oblazowa Cave in southern Poland. It was originally thought to be about 30,000 years old. But new, more reliable radiocarbon dating of human and animal bones found at the site puts the age at between 39,000 and 42,000 years old. "It's the oldest boomerang in the world, and the only one in the world made of this shape and this long to be found in Poland," said Dr Sahra Talamo of the University of Bologna, Italy. It gives a "remarkable insight" into human behaviour, she said, particularly how Homo sapiens living as long as 42,000 years ago could shape "such a perfect object" with the knowledge it could be used to hunt animals. The boomerang is exceptionally well preserved, with score marks suggesting it had been polished and carved for use by a right-handed individual. Boomerangs are generally associated with Aboriginal culture in Australia. However, rare finds in the historical record outside Australia suggest they were used across different continents. The oldest known boomerang from Australia dates to about 10,500 years ago, made from wood. But the oldest images of boomerangs in Australia are rock art paintings 20,000 years old, according to National Museum Australia. A wooden boomerang dating back 7,000 years has been found in Jutland, a peninsula between Denmark and Germany, while fragments of a 2,000-year-old oak boomerang – which does come back – has been found in The Netherlands. The research by a team of scientists from Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and the UK is published in the journal PLOS One.
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Science
- BBC News
World's oldest boomerang older than thought, but not Australian
The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an astonishing level of worked out from its shape that it would have flown when thrown, but would not have come back to the was probably used in hunting, though it might have had cultural or artistic value, perhaps being used in some kind of ritual. The mammoth ivory boomerang was unearthed in Oblazowa Cave in southern Poland. It was originally thought to be about 30,000 years old. But new, more reliable radiocarbon dating of human and animal bones found at the site puts the age at between 39,000 and 42,000 years old."It's the oldest boomerang in the world, and the only one in the world made of this shape and this long to be found in Poland," said Dr Sahra Talamo of the University of Bologna, gives a "remarkable insight" into human behaviour, she said, particularly how Homo sapiens living as long as 42,000 years ago could shape "such a perfect object" with the knowledge it could be used to hunt boomerang is exceptionally well preserved, with score marks suggesting it had been polished and carved for use by a right-handed individual. Boomerangs are generally associated with Aboriginal culture in rare finds in the historical record outside Australia suggest they were used across different oldest known boomerang from Australia dates to about 10,500 years ago, made from wood. But the oldest images of boomerangs in Australia are rock art paintings 20,000 years old, according to National Museum Australia. A wooden boomerang dating back 7,000 years has been found in Jutland, a peninsula between Denmark and Germany, while fragments of a 2,000-year-old oak boomerang – which does come back – has been found in The research by a team of scientists from Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and the UK is published in the journal PLOS One.
