- ^ a b c d Allington-Jones, L., (2015) Archaeological Journal, 172 (2) 273–296 The Clacton Spear – The Last One Hundred Years.
- Besides Schöningen, a spear fragment from Clacton-on-Sea, England dating from 400,000 years ago can be found at the Natural History Museum, London.
- This artefact, still the earliest worked wood to be discovered in the world, became known as the Clacton spear.
- The Natural History Museum in London currently has the Clacton Spear on display, where its age is estimated to be 420,000 years old.
- 5. spears are now thought to be about 295 ka old (the end of MIS 9), post-dating the Clacton spear by more than 100,000 years (Barham 2013, 234-5).
- In the past, many academics doubted whether the Clacton Spear could be a spear point due to its age, which predates modern humans.
- Made around 420,000 years ago and unearthed in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, this yew spear point is the oldest preserved wooden spear in the world.
- This artefact, still the earliest worked wood to be discovered in the world, became known as the Clacton spear.
- TIL of the Clacton Spear. It is the remnant of a wooden spear that was crafted about 400,000 years ago, making it older than the evolution of modern humans...
- The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911.