Flying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 4 months agoInstead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down13
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkInstead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSo if the theory is that spears were planted in the ground rather than thrown, that means there was probably a ton of them in the ground and mammoths were chased into the trap.
minus-squareShanedino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoPlanted in the ground could mean that they were left free standing or that they held the backend against the ground whilst holding onto it still.
So if the theory is that spears were planted in the ground rather than thrown, that means there was probably a ton of them in the ground and mammoths were chased into the trap.
Planted in the ground could mean that they were left free standing or that they held the backend against the ground whilst holding onto it still.