Punctured Horse Shoulder Blade
Hunting of large animals with spears
The semicircular wound on this fragment of a horse shoulder blade was made by a weapon such as a spear, indicating it was killed by early humans. Other horse bones from the same site have butchery marks from stone tools.
Horse shoulder blade or scapula from Boxgrove, England, about 500,000 years old
Exhibit Item
Discovered by:
A team led by Mark Roberts
Age:
About 500,000 years old
Site:
Boxgrove, England