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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 · 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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I would be surprised if they didn’t use pitfall traps with spikes. That’s how I would take down an elephant
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  I believe that’s a tiger trap
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    I believe you are correct

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