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Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago

May 23, 2025 by Cooper Dyason

Neandertals formed sophisticated hunting parties that drove wild horses into fatal traps around 200,000 years ago. At Germany’s Schöningen site, wooden spears, double-pointed sticks, stone artifacts and butchered remains of …

Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own

May 23, 2025 by Cooper Dyason

Close-up views of a pointed, yellowish-brown ancient bone fragment shown from three different angles against a black background, displaying its weathered texture and dark speckled markings.

Neandertals may have been forging projectile weapons out of animal bones 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. A bone fragment unearthed from roughly 80,000-year-old rock in Europe shows signs of …