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Re:Aboriginal Australian genomes reveal Indian ancestry by bigDinosaur on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:29AM (#34992325)
As others have commented, boomerangs didn't work for hunting like the way they're culturally depicted. Thinking about it I have no idea how it'd even be possible to kill an animal and have the missile return given the necessary collision.
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Re:Aboriginal Australian genomes reveal Indian ancestry by B1FF_PSUVM on Thursday March 02, 2023 @07:05AM (#34994741)
If you stun or kill the animal, it's no big deal to pick up the weapon when picking up the carcass.

But I sure would like to have a near miss not being followed by a search for the weapon.

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Re:Aboriginal Australian genomes reveal Indian ancestry by bigDinosaur on Thursday March 02, 2023 @08:16PM (#35004534)
Yes, that's a good point. It's certainly a cool design.
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Re:Aboriginal Australian genomes reveal Indian ancestry by adolph on Thursday March 02, 2023 @03:59PM (#35002001)
Ok, so the boomerang isn’t quite like a hunting drone, or unscrewed aerial vehicle, but the didgeridoo makes quite a drone nonetheless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo

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