World's oldest boomerang older than thought, but not Australian

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggsMaciej BiernackiThe boomerang was found near stones, animal and human bonesThe world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time.The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old.Archaeologists say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an…