MDC Educator Jordan Poe shows how to load an atlatl before throwing a dart at a target during a "Primitive Skills: Introduction to Atlatl" class. - They're over there. All right. So to load the dart, ...

The atlatl, an ancient spear-throwing tool first used thousands of years ago, enables both women and men to launch projectiles with very similar velocities. The discovery, which comes from modern ...

The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

An ancient hunting tool is bringing generations together at Chimney Point. From first-time throwers learning to build their own equipment to experienced competitors testing their accuracy, the 31st ...

Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It is an ancient tool that uses leverage to allow a spear to be thrown faster and further. It is a lot like the... Oct 10, 2014 — Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It ...

Just outside the high-tech setting of Harvard’s Biological Laboratories, students were engaged in a decidedly low-tech activity: throwing spears across the quad. A group of six were trying their hands ...

12-year-old Ava Nolf of Clinton, Connecticut practices throwing an atlatl during the Northeastern Atlatl Championship in Addison, Vt. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) ...

Brent Davis stood like an Ice Age hunter with his arm cocked and holding a flat, notched stick above his shoulder. The schoolteacher from Gypsum, Colo., paused for a moment before he took aim at a ...

The purpose of Saturday's annual Alaska Atlatl Fun and Throw was not lost on 7-year-old David Schreyer. He and his dad spent the afternoon at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where a parking lot was ...

A pair of researchers with the University of Alberta has found evidence that suggests early Native American adults taught children how to use an atlatl by making a smaller version of the dart-throwing ...

There has been plenty of dialogue lately on USC’s attendance against San Jose State. Following Tuesday’s practice, Lincoln Riley addressed the matter After the NBA dropped the hammer on the Los ...