@article {320410,
	title = {The earliest evidence for mechanically delivered projectile weapons in Europe},
	journal = {Nature Ecology and Evolution},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019/10/01},
	pages = {1409 - 1414},
	abstract = {<p>Microscopic analysis of backed lithic pieces from the Uluzzian technocomplex (45{\textendash}40 thousand yr ago) at Grotta del Cavallo (southern Italy) reveals their use as mechanically delivered projectile weapons, attributed to anatomically modern humans. Use-wear and residue analyses indicate that the lithics were hunting armatures hafted with complex adhesives, while experimental and ethnographic comparisons support their use as projectiles. The use of projectiles conferred a hunting strategy with a higher impact energy and a potential subsistence advantage over other populations and species.</p>
},
	isbn = {2397-334X},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0990-3},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0990-3},
	author = {Sano, Katsuhiro and Arrighi, Simona and Stani, Chiaramaria and Aureli, Daniele and Boschin, Francesco and Fiore, Ivana and Spagnolo, Vincenzo and Ricci, Stefano and Crezzini, Jacopo and Boscato, Paolo and Gala, Monica and Tagliacozzo, Antonio and Birarda, Giovanni and Vaccari, Lisa and Ronchitelli, Annamaria and Moroni, Adriana and Benazzi, Stefano}
}
