There's Another Way To Use Boomerangs That Most People Don't Know About

The use of a wooden boomerang by Australia's First Nations peoples is not limited to using it as a weapon.

The throwing stick is known as an aerodynamic throwing stick around the world.

According to a new study, hardwood boomerangs are tough enough to be used for flint, bone, and stone-Knapping.

Two of the four hardwood boomerangs used in the experiments were contributed by one of the authors.

The members of the mob shared their traditional knowledge with the authors.

Knappers were able to remove the edges of bone instruments with the help of these hardwood boomerangs. There were scratches on the wooden tool that were similar to the ones seen on older artifacts.

New experiments show that the markings are probably the result of wood tapping against stone or bone.

A forgotten use of boomerangs is being investigated by traditional knowledge and experimental archaeology in an article.

Stone tools were made from experimental replicas of boomerangs. The results are the first proof of the multi-purpose nature of these icons.

While our results for the first time quantify the nature of daily tools like boomerangs, this is something that aboriginal people have known from a very long time.

The findings support the idea that Australia's First Nations peoples use hardwood boomerangs to get back in shape.

Archaeologists and ethnographic researchers have not paid much attention to the multi-purpose nature of the boomerang since the European invasion in the 1700s.

Some researchers published a review of the scientific literature on boomerangs. They found that most previous studies focused on the aerodynamic properties of returning boomerangs.

Reports of many different uses for the boomerang have not been considered. Not all boomerangs are designed to fly back, even though they are the most famous of the lot. They are designed to fly straight.

Brendan Mitchell, a Marrawarra / Barkindji man by the name of Brendan Mitchell, walks through the many ways that boomerangs are used in the video below. Some make for good back scratchers.

This may have been the first step in the history of flint- and stone-knapping.

The markings on ancient boomerangs in Australia are very similar to those found in Europe. Neanderthals used this technique hundreds of thousands of years ago.

There are some people who have caught and held flint that is still stuck in the wood from whence it came.

The same small chips were seen in some hardwood boomerangs.

Humans have been using wooden objects to change their tools for thousands of years.

There is a chance that the Australian boomerang could be part of that arsenal.

There was a study published.