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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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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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    Elephants charge pretty easily, so that part doesn’t surprise me.

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      I did that thing where I lied on the internet. The preamble was there purely as a setup for the greatest joke of all time.

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        Worth

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      Yeah, if your main form of offense/defense is that you are: large, and have massive fuck-off tusks on your front then charging seems to be a pretty good go to.

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