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.

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.

The discovery of stone spear points at a site outside of Salado that may be the oldest weapons ever found in North America could challenge accepted theories about when the first humans arrived.

Stone Spear Tips Surprisingly Old—"Like Finding iPods in Ancient Rome" Half-million-year-old weapons suggest human mind grew sharper earlier.

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 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.