Ancient Mammoth Rib Reveals Mysterious Arrow Strike, Unlocking Secrets of Early Human Hunters!
Ever wondered how ancient humans really took down a woolly mammoth? Forget the old tales of herds chased off cliffs — now we’ve got the ultimate “smoking gun” that rewrites the playbook on prehistoric hunting strategies. Picture this: a 25,000-year-old mammoth rib, right in southern Poland, pierced by a flint spearhead, bearing silent witness to an epic hunt. It’s like finding a prehistoric crime scene where the suspect is a spear-wielding Paleolithic warrior and the victim a six-ton giant. This discovery doesn’t just hint at humans as casual scavengers; it screams they were fierce hunters, maybe even the woolly mammoth’s downfall. So, what does this say about our ancestors’ cunning? And what other secrets might lie buried in the bones of history? Let’s unravel this saga that turns mammoth mythology upside down! LEARN MORE
“We finally have a ‘smoking gun,’ the first direct evidence of how these animals were hunted.”
P. WotjalA close-up of the mammoth rib embedded with a Paleolithic flint fragment.
A flint fragment from an early human weapon was discovered in a 25,000-year-old mammoth rib in southern Poland, further proving that humans hunted and were perhaps partly responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Among the remains of at least 110 mammoths (gargantuan creatures that reached three meters tall and weighed some six tons), archaeologists uncovered a rib embedded with a flint arrowhead. In fact, several hundred fragments of flint blades, nearly all broken at the tip, were discovered amongst the mammoth skeletons.
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