New research shows that the weapons found in Germany are much younger than previously thought, suggesting they were made by ...

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 ...

A famous cache of wooden spear shafts and other hunting tools was once ascribed to a group of early humans that were not known for social organization.

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 ...

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 the ...

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 ...

In doing so, they determined that the weapons were in fact 200,000 years ... so it's very possible that [humans] were hunting with spears 400,000 years ago,” says Hutson.