The Schöningen spears are a set of ten Palaeolithic wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, …

Spears were used first as hunting weapons amongst the ancient Chinese. They became popular as infantry weapons during the Warring States and Qin era, when spearmen were used as …

When backwoodsmen hear the term “primitive spear”, this is what pops up in their head. It’s an ancient weapon that goes back thousands of years. In this post, we explore all the details …

Jun 29, 2022 · Three wooden spears like this one were found at Schöningen, Germany, along with stone tools and the butchered remains of more than 10 horses. These spears are …

Jul 19, 2023 · Researchers have revealed that the famed 300,000-year-old Schöningen Spears demonstrate that early humans possessed exceptional woodworking skills. Excavated in the …

Feb 5, 2024 · Wooden tools rarely survive in the Paleolithic record limiting our understanding of Pleistocene hunter-gather lifeways. With 187 wooden artifacts, Schöningen 13 II-4 provides …

The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden …

Nov 16, 2023 · Stone Age people in Belgium were hunting with spear-throwers more than 30,000 years ago — the earliest known evidence of such a weapon in Europe, a new study suggests.

Apr 7, 2024 · In 1994, archaeological digs at the Schöningen open-cast coal mine unveiled humanity’s oldest known hunting tools in an extraordinary state of preservation, sparking …

Jan 25, 2019 · Scientists have shown that Neanderthals’ spears weren’t half bad, in capable hands. On a very cold January morning, in an athletic field in central England, Annemieke …