Neandertals' Early Horse Hunting

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Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago

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Neandertals formed sophisticated hunting parties that drove wild horses into fatal traps around 200,000 years ago , researchers say.

Wooden spears, double-pointed sticks, stone artifacts and butchered remains of more than 50 horses of various ages found at Germany ’s Schöningen site.

Previous dates for hunting weapons and horse remains had settled at around 300,000-years-old .

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