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    what makes you think a sharp stone spear is the only way to kill an animal larger than you? All over the world you can find examples of other techniques (driving over cliffs, for example) and tools. Commented Oct 5, 2024 at 13:03
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    @KateGregory Yes there are different techniques, actually take the sharp stone spear as an example more than adefinite way Commented Oct 5, 2024 at 20:36
  • I don't quite agree with your usefulness argument. The cost of keeping a mammoth around would be prohibitive, if at all possible at that time. I don't say tamed or domesticated, just 'keeping it around' in the vicinity would be impossible. Commented Oct 6, 2024 at 9:10
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    @Jos Sorry I am not sure to understand: by "keeping" you mean "keeping alive?" My usefulness argument is about keeping the meat and fur of the killed mammoth, as opposed to other animals that might have provided less meat and thus be less interesting to chase Commented Oct 6, 2024 at 9:53
  • In that era domestication was out of the question. Even today elephants are tamed, not domesticated. If you need mammoths for fur, you need to be able to shave it off somehow. If you need it for food, you need to be in its vicinity. That's exactly what hunter-gatherers did. You can't herd mammoths, nor elephants. Even on the level of reindeer would be impossible. Commented Oct 7, 2024 at 0:11