Bringing a Shark to a Knife Fight: 7,000-Year-Old Shark-Tooth Knives Discovered in Indonesia
Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 years — knives with tiger shark-tooth blades. These finds, reported in the journal Antiquity, are some of the earliest archaeological evidence globally for the use of shark teeth in composite weapons — weapons made with multiple parts. ...