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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth
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Elephants (and mammoths probably) are also herbivores that chew their food. Sometimes that food is a whole tree. Using the polar bear sharp bone strategy would be like feeding a razor blade to a wood chipper.