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Abstract in brief
The Schningen site in Germany is famous for its well-preserved Paleolithic wooden hunting spears, but its age was uncertain, initially thought to be around 400,000 years and later revised to about 300,000 years.
Recent dating using amino acid geochronology on fossils from the site now places the spears at approximately 200,000 years old, aligning with a period of significant changes in Neanderthal behavior.
The updated age suggests that around 200,000 years ago, Neanderthals developed more cooperative, communal hunting strategies, reflecting a behavioral shift tied to increasing social complexity during the Middle Paleolithic period.
There's still much we don't know, and a lot of uncertainty remains, but the general tenor of these findings is clear: the complexity of the ancient world keeps increasing.
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#Ancient #WoodenSpears from Schöningen, Germany, may have been crafted and used by #Neanderthals 200,000 years ago, challenging previous assumptions about early human hunting technology. @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/MMktxJC34P https://t.co/ln3mfgwica
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Recent dating places the well-preserved Paleolithic wooden hunting spears at around 200,000 years old, indicating a period of increased Neanderthal cooperation and social complexity in the Middle Paleolithic era.
Recent dating places the Schningen spears at about 200,000 years old, indicating an increase in Neanderthal cooperative hunting behaviors and social complexity during the Middle Paleolithic period.
There's still much we don't know, and a lot of uncertainty remains, but the general tenor of these findings is clear: the complexity of the ancient world keeps increasing.
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Revised age for Schöningen hunting spears indicates intensification of #Neanderthal cooperative behavior around 200,000 years ago | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Hutson et al. (2025). Revised age for Schöningen hunting spears indicates intensification of Neanderthal cooperative behavior around 200,000 years ago. Science Advances, Vol. 11. https://t.co/KpmnVILhJ9
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Hier gehts um das alter von Waffen.Gestritten wird,ob es Neandertaler o. der Heidelbergensis gefertigt hat.
Atommüll hat Restzeitwerte von bis zu 1 Million Jahre
#Erinnerung:
Die Pyramiden in Ägypten wurden ca vor 4000J gebaut&Kleopatra lebte ca 60 nChr.
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Paper: Jarod M. Hutson et al., Revised age for Schöningen hunting spears indicates intensification of Neanderthal cooperative behavior around 200,000 years ago.Sci. Adv. 11, eadv0752 (2025). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The oldest wooden spears are 100,000 years younger than estimated, and were used by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors, new research reveals. https://t.co/o9L0NEGQzC https://t.co/VKvj6kQ83e
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