jan 1, 23000 BC - invention of the boomerangs
Description:
Boomerangs are strongly associated with Australia’s Aboriginal people, but were actually used as hunting weapons throughout Europe and Africa. Most boomerangs do not come back when thrown.The oldest boomerang yet, 23,000 years, was made from a mammoth tusk and discovered in a cave in Poland (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/329436a0).
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 23000 BC
Now
~ 25042 years ago