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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Chemical-Elk-1299 on 2024-04-19 17:27:15.

Original Title: TIL of the Schöningen Spears, ten intact wooden spears discovered in a German mine between 1994-99. Strikingly similar to modern competition javelins, the 400,000 year old spears are the oldest worked wooden weapons ever found, and suggest early hominids used very sophisticated hunting techniques.