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Taylor Mitchell Brown

'Richly decorated' antler from Stone Age Sweden was used as battle ax and fishing harpoon

A photograph of an antler with carvings.

An exquisitely decorated 7,500-year-old antler from central Sweden was first used as a battle ax and later probably as a fishing harpoon during the Stone Age, a new study suggests.

Researchers found the antler eight years ago, but had not been able to study it with new technology until now.

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