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science@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth

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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth

www.discovermagazine.com

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science@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Researchers recreate Ice Age hunting techniques to show that spears were probably braced against the ground rather than thrown at massive mammoths.

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You’re all wrong. It was a, “Mr. Mastodon, you dropped your spears!” situation.

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