The spear-thrower, an invention of the Upper Paleolithic, worked:
A) by using the stored energy in a bent sapling to throw a spear
B) much in the way a slingshot does
C) by effectively increasing the length of the thrower's arm
D) by ingeniously using the force of gravity to propel a spear downhill
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