What was the Lehringen spear, found in Germany in 1948, made of?
Chapter 1

The 30,000-year-old cold case at Breitenbach

Chapter 2

The Bavarian cold case of Taimering

Chapter 3

Neanderthals and the ancient giants

YOUR GOAL

Master of Mammoth hunters of ancient Germany

Ch 3 · Neanderthals and the ancient giants
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007skaty Archaeologists analyze the design of the wooden Schöningen spears.

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We survive not by matching the scale of our challenges, but by outthinking them.

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007skaty The Lehringen spear is an ancient wooden hunting weapon.

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The super-spears of Schöningen

007skaty At the Schöningen mine, archaeologists found nine 300,000-year-old wooden weapons that reveal the incredible engineering skills of prehistoric

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Straight-tusked giants

007skaty A precise vector diagram shows a giant straight-tusked elephant in a German forest.

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Tiny Tusk Hunters
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007skaty Fling spears at targets to discover if early humans hunted mammoths in ancient Germany.

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Fun Fact

Saber-toothed cats: Prehistoric Germany was once home to European saber-toothed cats, which competed directly with early humans for prey.

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Glossary
megafauna (noun)
The large or giant animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. Excavations at Germany's Neumark-Nord site revealed that Neanderthals systematically hunted these massive beasts 125,000 years ago.

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Would you survive the Ice Age?

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What major discovery was made at the Ilsenhöhle cave in Ranis, Germany, in 2024?

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007skaty Early Homo sapiens pioneered the icy wilderness of Ranis.

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Which early human ancestor is believed to have crafted and used the Schöningen spears?

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How old are the famous wooden throwing spears discovered at the Schöningen site in Germany?

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Between the ribs of what animal was the Lehringen spear found in Germany?

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What was the climate of Germany like when the early Homo sapiens arrived at Ranis 45,000 years ago?

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What was the Lehringen spear, found in Germany in 1948, made of?

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What animal, alongside reindeer and horses, did the early pioneers at Ranis cave hunt?

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What was the primary prey hunted with the 300,000-year-old Schöningen spears in Germany?

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