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Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldBanned to science@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say

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To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say

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Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldBanned to science@lemmy.world · 11 months ago
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How did early humans use sharpened rocks to bring down megafauna 13,000 years ago? Did they throw spears tipped with carefully crafted, razor-sharp rocks called Clovis points? Did they surround and jab mammoths and mastodons? Or did they scavenge wounded animals, using Clovis points as a versatile tool to harvest meat and bones for food and supplies?
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    That makes a lot of sense.

    TL:DR they think the Clovis culture used pikes braced against (maybe in) the ground rather than throwing spears.

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      Yep, seem like a way better way.

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