Flying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 年前Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down14
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkInstead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square66linkfedilink
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前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.
minus-squareShanedino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前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.
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.