What tools did primitive people use to hunt?

In the Paleolithic Age, humans have invented many throwing and chopping instruments, including bows and arrows. In the Neolithic Age, human hunting and fishing tools were more abundant. There are spears, bows, bone arrowheads, stone balls, fish hooks, harpoons, fish darts and so on.

1, fishing net

In the Neolithic Age, people began to weave fishing nets with hemp ropes and learned to cast nets to fish.

2. Bone whistle

A bone whistle is a whistle made of animal bones. Hunters use it to imitate the sounds of animals, attract prey and wait for opportunities to catch them.

3, bone fish dart

Grind the bone into a barbed dart. When in use, the fish dart is inserted into the groove at the front end of the wooden handle, the rope is tied on the fish dart, and the other end is held in the hand. After being stabbed, the fish will struggle to take the fish dart away, and only need to take back the rope to get back the fish and the fish dart.

4. Bone fishhook

A hook made of ground bones and used for fishing.

5. Bow and arrow

Bow and arrow is a long-distance hunting tool. At that time, arrows were mostly made of stones and bones. Bow and arrow can aim at and sneak attack prey, and it is one of the main hunting tools in Neolithic Age.

6. Harpoon

Harpoon is a bone tool for fishing.

7. Stone rope

Stone rope is a tool for hunting. Two stone balls are tied at both ends of the rope. When in use, the hunter throws the stone rope, stuns or trips the prey, and captures it.

8. Stone ball

Stone balls are tools used to attack prey. Throw them out with a rope and stun the prey.