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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth
(www.discovermagazine.com)
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How do you think they got the mammoth to run into the trap of spears? Also, in case it turned towards you, you'd want a spear in your hands to make him turn.
Edit: judging by the picture in the post, if you couldn't run away, you might jam the back end into the ground beside/behind yourself and hold up the point so at least he'd be wounded when he squashed you
You're all wrong. It was a, "Mr. Mastodon, you dropped your spears!" situation.