Experiments show Neolithic Thames beater could be used to kill a person
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

(Phys.org)-A team of researchers with the University of Edinburgh has found evidence that the `Thames Beater` was a weapon that could be used to kill another person-perhaps at times, with a single blow to the head. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, the group describes experiments they conducted to learn more about the lethality of the weapon.