I'm enjoying the discourse, if we may call it that, developing here. It's a good for the a mental health-a.

Bobbin you mention that spears have been used in many regions in various times. What are some explanations for this, offered by you or any historian? If someone asked me, I'd tell them if I was stranded on an island, I'd probably make a primitive wooden spear because the image of the spear is so engrained inside my mind, that it's the first thing I think of when it comes to a hypothetical situation about survival (and I'm no Eagle Scout). What say you?