Neanderthal hunting spears could kill at a distance

Dr Annemieke Milks (UCL Institute of Archaeology) led the study, which saw javelin athletes throw replicas of a 300,000 year-old Neanderthal spear at targets at different distances. The results suggest Neanderthals were more effective hunters than previously thought.

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