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.
Exhibit Item
Discovered by:
A team led by Mark Roberts
Age:
About 500,000 years old
Site:
Boxgrove, England
Horse shoulder blade or scapula from Boxgrove, England, about 500,000 years old