World of Weapons

Nov 23, 2013 on H2 at 10:00 PM

Summary

Humans have small teeth and no claws or armour, so how do we project our power? Warfare has defined traditional history, but Big History digs deeper to reveal how it all began. We see how bat poop and ancient trees shaped the history of weapons, and ... (more)link the gun all the way back to a change in our bodies that turned us into throwing machines.

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