The oldest known bone spear tip in Europe has been identified in a cave in southwest Russia. Dated to between 70,000 and ...

For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet. And you might expect ...

Not the brainless brutes of our imaginations, Neanderthals apparently used advanced hunting techniques to stalk their prey, a new study suggests. Prehistoric deer bones from about 120,000 years ...

Along with the wooden weapons, the site held over 1,500 flint tools and the butchered remains of over 50 horses. That collection of clues essentially provides “unequivocal evidence” that Neanderthals ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in northern ...

GAMBIER, Ohio - Fifteen years have passed since German scientists unearthed a small cache of wooden spears believed to be the hunting tools of long-lost Neanderthals. The nearly 400,000-year-old ...

Neanderthal hunting spears could kill at a distance. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 01 / 190125084048.htm. University College London.

When Neanderthals are depicted in artistic reconstructions, they often have a spear in hand. Most archaeologists believe that Neanderthals were adept hunters, and we have found spears at ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago?

Neanderthals in Combe-Grenal (France) preferred to hunt in open environments, and their hunting strategies did not alter during periods of climatic change, according to a study published January ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a Neanderthal deer-hunting community from 60,000 years ago. Stock image: A red deer stag calling out during the rutting season in fall.