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.

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.

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.

Presenting new analyses of the wooden weapons from Clacton-on-Sea, Schöningen, and Lehringen, the study authors determined that the tip cross-section approach “involves too many morphometric ...

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 ...

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 ...