Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth
Discover Magazine - Wed 21 Aug 24Researchers recreate Ice Age hunting techniques to show that spears were probably braced against the ground rather than thrown at massive mammoths.
Ice Age hunters tricked mammoths into impaling themselves: new study
Science Focus - Wed 21 Aug 24Thirteen thousand years ago, human existence depended on clever ways to survive life among snow and ice. Now, scientists think these solutions were even more ingenious – and brutal – than ...
Early humans used planted pikes to kill mammoths in the Ice Age – study
The Independent - Wed 21 Aug 24The force of the predator falling onto the spear would have driven it deeper into the animal’s body, researchers say.
Archaeologists reveal method used by ancient humans to hunt mighty mammoths to extinction
The Independent - Wed 21 Aug 24Prehistoric hunters used stone-tipped spears as pikes to kill charging mammoths and mastodons
To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say
Phys.org - Wed 21 Aug 24How 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 ...
To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say, ScienceDaily - Thu 22 Aug 24To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say, Scienmag - Wed 21 Aug 24
To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say, Eurekalert - Wed 21 Aug 24
How did prehistoric people hunt mammoths? They didn’t throw their spears
ZME Science - Thu 22 Aug 24Ancient people likely planted them against the ground at an angle in a way that would impale a charging animal.
How Did Ice Age Humans Kill Huge Animals Like Mammoths? Probably Not by Throwing Spears, Study Finds
Smithsonian Magazine - Thu 22 Aug 24New research theorizes that hunters used pikes planted in the ground—with their sharp tips pointing upward—to impale approaching wildlife using the creature's own weight and momentum
Fascinating method ancient humans used to slay enormous beasts 13,000 years ago
Daily Mail - Thu 22 Aug 24Scientists have long been baffled about how ancient humans were able to take down giant animals thousands of years ago.
Ice Age humans may have used pikes to hunt mammoths
Popular Science - Wed 21 Aug 24For early humans, hunting megafauna was part of survival. Archaeologists believe that Neanderthals may have hunted fierce cave lions and some early civilizations were likely keen wood workers ...
People didn’t kill Ice Age mammoths like in the movies
Futurity - Tue 27 Aug 24To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say. They say the findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think ...
Clovis People and the Ingenious Use of Braced Pikes in Megafauna Hunting
Anthropology.net - Fri 23 Aug 24In the wake of the last Ice Age, vast herds of megafauna roamed North America, and the Indigenous peoples who lived alongside these colossal creatures needed effective hunting methods for survival. ...
Archaeologists Reveal How Prehistoric Americans May Have Killed Mammoths
Newsweek - Wed 21 Aug 24 These Ingenious Weapons May Have Enabled Ice Age Hunters To Kill Mammoths, IFLScience - Wed 21 Aug 24Rewriting History: Ice Age Hunters Used Planted Pikes, Not Throwing Spears, To Bring Down Mammoths
SciTechDaily - Fri 23 Aug 24UC Berkeley archaeologists suggest that the findings could help settle the debate over Clovis points and offer new insights into what life was like approximately 13,000 years ago. Researchers ...
Study: Clovis People Used Planted Pikes for Hunting of Megaherbivores
Sci.News - Wed 21 Aug 24Historical and ethnographic sources depict use of portable braced shaft weapons, or pikes, in megafauna hunting and defense during Late Holocene millennia in North and South America, Africa, ...