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Daniele Aureli a le plaisir de vous annoncer la publication d’un article sur les plus anciennes preuves d’armes à projectiles livrées mécaniquement en Europe. Cliquer ici pour accéder à l'article en ligne.AbstractMicroscopic analysis of backed lithic pieces from the Uluzzian technocomplex (45–40 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.