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Ancient hunters used spears like pikes to make mammoths ‘kill themselves,’ study finds

(The Hill) — Popular depictions of prehistoric hunts tend to show ancient humans hurling their spears into mammoths and mastodons. But such a technique would have been less than useless — leaving a ...
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Wooden spears found in a German coal mine could change the history of human hunting

This 2014 photo provided by researchers shows a set of wooden hunting spears estimated to be about 200,000 years old discovered in a coal mine in the German town of Schöningen (Volker ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

AGFC looks into spear hunting

Arkansans might be allowed to hunt whitetailed deer with spears in the future. Bill Jones of Little Rock, a member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, introduced the topic Wednesday during the ...
Hartford Courant

Ancient wooden spears may have been wielded by Neanderthals, study suggests

NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the ...
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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests

This 2007 photo provided by researchers shows the end of a wooden hunting spear estimated to be about 200,000 years old discovered in a coal mine in the German town of Schöningen. (C. S.