US EditionThe World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older than We Thought, but It's Not Australian
- A 40,000-year-old curved boomerang made from mammoth tusk was discovered in Oblazowa Cave, Poland, in 1985.
- Using advanced radiocarbon techniques, researchers dated animal bones and a human finger bone found near the artifact, establishing that it originates from roughly 39,000 to 42,000 years ago.
- The boomerang's aerodynamic design, size, and craftsmanship suggest it was a complex hunting tool crafted by Homo sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic.
- Dr. Sahra Talamo stated that the object provides a "remarkable insight" into early human behavior and reflects a skill level unusual for its time.
- This discovery pushes back the known use of boomerangs in Europe by 10,000 years before the Pavlov culture and suggests early humans had advanced technological and symbolic abilities.
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