[zeugma]

Those spears were most likely thrusting weapons and not thrown, especially since they are not straight and wouldn’t fly properly. It is also estimated that modern humans appeared about 50,000 years ago so its likely those spears were used by neanderthals.

It could be they might have warped a bit over the last few hundred thousand years. :-)

[Hacklehead]

“It could be they might have warped a bit over the last few hundred thousand years. :-)”

I’ve become pretty warped in less than 60 years so it’s certainly possible. For what it’s worth the “experts” say that Neanderthal had thick shout bodies and were very strong (built like a fireplug with feet), and likely to have been ambush predators. Also those spears look like they were made from a six or 7 ft tree branch with a sharpened end. Even if thrown by a very strong arm I doubt it would penetrate very deeply into a horse.