When thrown properly, boomerangs can be lethal weapons. In fact, cave paintings in Australia show that they've been used as such for thousands of years, during hunting and battle. Now, scientists ...

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Curved mammoth tusk hunting tool found in Poland is thousands of years older than Aboriginal examples Sarah Knapton is the Science Editor of The Telegraph and has covered all areas of science since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wangim (boomerang) found at Yarra Junction. Zara Lasky-Davison/Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung ...

Tantalizing glimpses into life and death in pre-colonial Australia are written on the bones of a skeleton found in New South Wales. 5 min read This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of ...