考古研究发现,从旧石器晚期开始,我们的祖先就学会了制造复合工具,其中石矛是出现较早的武器。如果将石制的尖状器装置在木棍上,即可制成刺击用的矛或投掷用的标枪。但是,有些石矛首与矛形石簇很难分辨,因为安长柄以刺者为矛,安半长之柄以投者为标枪,安短柄以射击者则为箭。然而,历史的遗迹则表明,自远古以迄商周,标枪确为我国劳动人民狩猎的劳动工具和作战的远射兵器之一。我国的大部分地区或民族普遍将标枪作为生产劳动的工具和自卫作战的武器。云南、贵州等西南各省少数民族所用的标枪,大都体质轻小而铁镞极为尖锐,枪杆 Archeological research has shown that from the late Paleolithic, our ancestors learned to make composite tools, of which the stone spear was the earlier weapon. If the stone pointed device mounted on wooden sticks, you can make sting spear or throwing javelin. However, some stone spear head and the spear stone cluster is difficult to distinguish, because the security handle to the thorn spear, security and a long handle to vote for the javelin, short handle to the shooter is the arrow. However, historical relics indicate that since the ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties, javelin was indeed the tool of labor and the long-range weapon for hunting by our working people. In most parts of our country, javelin is widely used as a tool for the production of labor and as a weapon for self-defense. Yunnan, Guizhou and other ethnic minorities in the southwest provinces of the javelin, most physique light and extremely sharp, gun