This illustration gives an idea of how Neanderthals would have butchered an elephant: they used flint tools to break open the thick elephant skin and then remove the organs and meat. Hunting a male elephant required a well organised group. (IMAGE)

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This illustration gives an idea of how Neanderthals would have butchered an elephant: they used flint tools to break open the thick elephant skin and then remove the organs and meat. Hunting a male elephant required a well organised group.

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This illustration gives an idea of how Neanderthals would have butchered an elephant: they used flint tools to break open the thick elephant skin and then remove the organs and meat. Hunting a male elephant like this, could have only been successful as a well-organised group.

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Tom Björklund, Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage (NLD)

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