Hunting
Neanderthals may not have used projectile weapons but instead engaged in close-quarter hunting using short, thrusting spears. The large proportion of injuries found on Neanderthals' bones - likened to those of modern day rodeo riders - prove that confrontational hunting was extremely dangerous. Fossil evidence reveals that they used strategic spots in the landscape to reduce the risk of injuring themselves: running herds of animals over headlands and cliffs, or trapping them in dead-end valleys.