# Schöningen Spears (-200000)

URL: https://germany-history.com/timeline/-200000-schoningen-spears
Location: Schöningen, Lower Saxony
Categories: main-event

Wooden spears discovered at Schöningen, together with butchered horse remains, reveal organized big-game hunting by early humans. A 2025 study revised the age of the spear-bearing layer to about 200,000 years ago, replacing the earlier estimate of roughly 300,000 years. The finds provide evidence of skilled woodworking and cooperative hunting.

## Why it matters
The spears transformed scholarly views of early human intelligence and cooperative hunting.

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Schöningen spears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ningen_spears)
- [University of Mainz — revised dating (2025)](https://press.uni-mainz.de/age-of-schoningen-spears-revised-to-200000-years/)