The spear tip was found back in 2003 in a sediment layer in a cave in the North Caucasus, Russia, ... It had also been attached to a wooden shaft using a type of tar.

First discovered in 1984, the last two excavations of the Gantangqing site in the 2000s uncovered a remarkable collection of ...

The spear consists of a sharpened tip made from a yew branch. It was found broken into two main pieces, but when reconstructed, it was identified as a finely crafted wooden spear dating back over ...

A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for sustenance.

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 ...

The 70,000-year-old spear tip reveals Neanderthal craftsmanship. World ‘Pointy bone’ found in Russia cave may be ... likely wood at one end, according to the study.

The 70,000-year-old spear tip reveals Neanderthal craftsmanship. World ‘Pointy bone’ found in Russia cave may be ... likely wood at one end, according to the study.

The spear tip was between 70,000 and 80,000 years old, predating when Homo sapiens, or modern humans, arrived in Europe, according to the study. This means just as Neanderthal bodies were found in ...

When the tip pierced a chunk of flesh, it engineered a mounting system that lifted the spear upwards. The tip then worked like a modern day hollow-point bullet, that could inflict serious wounds ...