The spear tip was found back in 2003 in a sediment layer in a cave in the North Caucasus, Russia, along with a host of bones from a variety of animals, and also the remnants of a campfire.

Researchers have found that a spear tip carved from bone, unearthed from Russia in 2003, is as old as 80,000 years. This means the hunting weapon could not have been created by modern humans. Homo ...

Anatomically modern humans emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, but we didn’t start recording our activities until just 5,000 years ago. More than 98% of our total history has been lost ...

A spear tip stuck in the rib of a mastodon is the oldest bone weapon in America, a new study says. It’s roughly 13,900 years old.

The spear tip could be easily overlooked to the untrained eye, and for good reason — it’s made of mastodon bone, researchers say. Not the mastodon it was found in, but a different mastodon.

An international team of scientists has found a bone spear tip dating back between 80,000 and 70,000 years in the Mezmaiskaya cave, in the North Caucasus (Russia). What’s extraordinary about the ...

A spear point found embedded in the bone of a mastodon is the oldest bone weapon in America, researchers say. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University A hunter missed the ...

A spear tip stuck in the rib of a mastodon is the oldest bone weapon in America, a new study says. It’s roughly 13,900 years old.

The spear tip could be easily overlooked to the untrained eye, and for good reason — it’s made of mastodon bone, researchers say. Not the mastodon it was found in, but a different mastodon.

A spear tip stuck in the rib of a mastodon is the oldest bone weapon in America, a new study says. It’s roughly 13,900 years old.