The Pennsylvania Game Commission may soon consider whether to legalize hunting with an atlatl, a prehistoric weapon. Some questions and answers about the weapon:

The atlatl itself is a wooden piece, about 2 feet long, used to as leverage to propel a hunting dart. The darts are arrow-like and can up be up to 6 feet long.

At-lad-ul, although at-ul-at-ul is often used.

Archaeological digs have produced evidence that atlatl use in the state goes back some 8,000 years.

Spanish conquistadors said they feared its use by the Aztecs, and some believe the atlatls may have contributed to the extinction of the wooly mammoth.

A handful of states allow it for hunting or fishing.

A leading manufacturer will sell a production-model atlatl and five darts for $140.