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During excavations in the caves in western England, researchers found the weapon prior to 15 thousand years, made of reindeer horn - reports Internet service South Devon Herald Express. The discovery was made in the complex of caves in Kents Cavern near Torquay on the Channel Tunnel, in Devon in southwest England.
Archaeologists have discovered as a javelin or spear tip, made in an era of heightened corner stone of the reindeer. This is the first finding of this kind in the UK, found in its entirety. He informed Dr Paul Pettitt, who heads the excavation work in the cave, this type of weapon was widespread among prehistoric humans on the European continent in the late Paleolithic era - the period of culture (about 16-12 thousand years ago) - and used by groups engaged in hunting and gathering about 15 thousand years ago.
In 1927, one of the caves were discovered by members of the Society of Natural History in Torquay fossilized fragment of a human skull before - and then thought - about 31 thousand years, and recently dated precisely at 37-40 thousand years. Kents Cavern caves are the oldest place of prehistoric human settlements, known in the UK and the aim of leading the team of archaeologists is currently excavating to find residues and traces of human presence in the caves of Neanderthal or early representatives of modern man.
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