Western chimpanzee
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The western chimpanzee or West African chimpanzee is a critically endangered subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It inhabits western Africa, specifically Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Senegal
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A western chimpanzee using a wooden spear to hunt a Senegal bush-baby inside the branch, as his adolescent brother observes.
Spear
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A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be m
Western chimpanzee
…their fellow subspecies of chimpanzee that it has been proposed West African chimpanzees may be a distinct species in their own right. They make wooden spears to hunt other primates, use caves as homes, share plant foods with each other, and travel and forage during the night. They also submerge themselves…
The Clacton Spear, a spear point from about 400,000 years ago, and the oldest known spear, Natural History Museum, London
The Schöningen spears c. 300-200,000 years old, the oldest known complete wooden spears
The Lehringen spear c. 120,000 years old, which was associated with an elephant skeleton
Athenian warrior wielding a spear in battle