New Study Reveals Early Humans Used Planted Pikes to Hunt Ice Age Mammoths

Researchers at UC Berkeley suggest ancient hunters impaled megafauna with stationary pikes rather than throwing spears.

Clovis points, sharp stone tools, were likely mounted on pikes to kill large animals like mammoths.
This hunting method utilized the force of a charging animal to inflict deeper wounds.
The design protected hunters and maximized damage, similar to modern hollow-point bullets.
The study challenges previous depictions of spear-throwing in mammoth hunting.
Further research aims to replicate and test this ancient hunting technique.