Post by rubl on Apr 29, 2018 16:53:00 GMT 7
I know BM will have wondered about this, so here's an explanation 
"Why New Guinea Warriors Prized Human Bone Daggers
When facing rivals, the warriors of New Guinea had a choice of deadly bone daggers; they could fight with daggers crafted from human thighbones or weapons shaped from the thighbones of cassowaries, flightless, dinosaur-like birds.
But which type of dagger — the human or the cassowary — is stronger?
According to a new study, the dagger fashioned from human bone is stronger than the giant bird's thighbone, largely because of the way the warriors of New Guinea carved the weapons."
www.livescience.com/62399-human-cassowary-bone-daggers.html
"Why New Guinea Warriors Prized Human Bone Daggers
When facing rivals, the warriors of New Guinea had a choice of deadly bone daggers; they could fight with daggers crafted from human thighbones or weapons shaped from the thighbones of cassowaries, flightless, dinosaur-like birds.
But which type of dagger — the human or the cassowary — is stronger?
According to a new study, the dagger fashioned from human bone is stronger than the giant bird's thighbone, largely because of the way the warriors of New Guinea carved the weapons."
www.livescience.com/62399-human-cassowary-bone-daggers.html
