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science@lemmy.world · 2 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

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science@lemmy.world · 2 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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We do know a lot more about mammoths though, because they have been found frozen in good condition in Siberia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuka_(mammoth)
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  There were some cave lions found several years ago, too. Cubs.

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