article_snippet: the shoulder and collar bone sizes with modern humans and other species also examined the throwing ability of boys and men from the Daasanach tribes living around Lake Rukrana in north west Kenya and south western Ethiopia.
article_snippet: Daasanach boys use bent throwing sticks called 'shar' to hunt small game and herd lifestock while adults will also hunt with spears.
article_snippet: The researchers asked 27 Daasanach to hurl throwing sticks as far as The researchers could, measuring the speed with radar guns and the distance.
article_snippet: The researchers found that the Daasanch were able to throw at speeds of up to 80mph (128km/h) - comparable to skilled athletes.
article_snippet: The researchers were able to hurl The researchers sticks more than 328ft (100 metres) in many cases, with none throwing less than 196
highlights_snippet: The researchers from The George Washington University measured the throwing ability of people from the Daasanach tribe in Kenya and Ethiopia .
  
highlights_snippet: Daasanach people could throw sticks at 80mph over more than 100 metres .
  