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Neandertal Hunters Get to the Point

A stone spear point stuck in a fossilized creature's neck bone indicates that Neandertals were practiced hunters.

References:

Boëda, E., et al. 1999. A Levallois point embedded in the vertebra of a wild ass (Equus africanus): Hafting, projectiles and Mousterian hunting weapons. Antiquity 73(June):394.

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1997. German mine yields ancient hunting spears. Science News 151(March 1):134.

Brainard, J. 1998. Giving Neandertals their due. Science News 154(Aug. 1):72.

Sources:

Eric Boëda
Université de Paris X, Nanterre
Département d'Ethnologie/Préhistoire
200 Avenue de la République
92001 Nanterre Cedex
France

John J. Shea
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Department of Anthropology
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 1, July 3, 1999, p. 4. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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