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Embarrassed By Your Olympic Javelin: Did Cavemen Do It Better?
After German Uwe Hohn threw his javelin nearly out of the stadium in 1984, a move that spooked officials with its potential deadliness, the flying spears were changed to fly shorter. But people have been throwing sticks for 400,000 years, and some of these ancient spears might have been able to fly far farther than modern javelins.
After German Uwe Hohn threw his javelin nearly out of the stadium in 1984, a move that spooked officials with its potential deadliness, the flying spears were changed to fly shorter. But people have been throwing sticks for 400,000 years, and some of these ancient spears might have been able to fly far farther than modern javelins.
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012, 7:56am
Views: 32
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012, 7:56am
Views: 32
