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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

www.discovermagazine.com

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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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    Modern society has existed in a flash on an evolutionary timescale, it’s likely that our ancient ancestors were exactly as “smart” as we are

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      If they were so smart how come they’re dead?

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        This question backs all of modern archeology

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        What if being dead is much better and we’re the dumb ones trying to stay alive?

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        I’ve asked the same thing for years about Leonardo Da Vinci for years.

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