Chapter 1
Stepping into the mammoth steppe
Chapter 2
The ultimate prehistoric tool kit
Chapter 3
The art of the ancient ambush
Chapter 4
Sustaining life after the showdown
YOUR GOAL
Master of How to hunt a mammoth without getting squished
Ch 4 · Sustaining life after the showdown
timberbear Mezhyrich Mammoth Bone Shelters
Eat of the meat, burn of the fat, build with the bone
timberbear Durable 35,000-year-old ivory flutes and figurines from Germany's Geissenklösterle Cave connect hunted mammoths directly to early human spiritual
timberbear A hunter stalks a woolly mammoth through the forest to gather building materials.
BETA
timberbear Aim your flint spear at the mammoth to learn how prehistoric humans hunted giant prey.
Fun Fact
Ivory art: The oldest known portrait of a human face is carved from mammoth ivory and is over twenty-six thousand years old.
Glossary
subsistence (noun)
The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level. The tribe relied on the massive carcass to feed their small clan throughout the harsh ice age.
The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level. The tribe relied on the massive carcass to feed their small clan throughout the harsh ice age.
Quiz
What unusual bone arrangement was found in the Tultepec mammoth pits, suggesting ritual respect?
Quiz
Approximately how much edible meat and fat could a single adult mammoth provide?
Quiz
Approximately how many mammoth bones were used to build a single prehistoric hut in Mezhyrich?
Quiz
What did the Yana hunters in Siberia primarily target mammoths for, according to bone analysis?