6. Atlatl
One of the oldest weapons, atlatl is the ancestor of bows and arrows. While atlatl could be used only at close distances, it could project darts at 100 mph speed! It was such an effective killing weapon that some scientists believe that it was responsible for massively decreasing the woolly mammoth population.
The reason why atlatl is such a fast weapon is due to it being created from flexible wood. Archeologists say that this weapon was so effective that it was used on all continents except Africa, while Europeans saw Aztecs using them as late as the 1500s.
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