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World-Famous Schöningen Spears Are 100,000 Years Younger Than Scientists Thought
Scientists have analyzed amino acids preserved in snail shells to determine a new age for the world's oldest complete wooden ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN14d
Nimble-Minded Neanderthals May Have Used These Wooden Spears to Hunt 200,000 Years Ago
New research shows that the weapons found in Germany are much younger than previously thought, suggesting they were made by ...
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Wooden Spears That Belonged To Neanderthals Were Found In Germany
Archaeologists working near the German town of Schöningen in the 1990s found a set of well-preserved wooden spears crafted ...
Phys.org21d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...
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Ancient Weapons Tell a New Hunting Story for Ancestors of Neanderthal and Early Man
Ancient snail shells helped archeologists re-evaluate the age of the oldest known wooden weapons collection: a site in Lower Saxony, Germany, famous for its arsenal of hunting equipment, including ...
The Independent21d
Wooden spears found in a German coal mine could change the history of human hunting
The discovery, made in Schöningen, includes complete spears crafted from spruce and pine, considered among the oldest hunting weapons ever found. Alongside the spears, researchers also unearthed ...
Hartford Courant20d
Ancient wooden spears may have been wielded by Neanderthals, study suggests
The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known hunting weapons. They were discovered in a coal mine over two decades ago in the German town of Schöningen along with the ...
Newsday21d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known hunting weapons. They were discovered in a coal mine over two decades ago in the German town of Schöningen along with the ...
WGN Radio21d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known hunting weapons. They were discovered in a coal mine over two decades ago in the German town of Schöningen along with the remains ...