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![The cave lion remains from Siegsdorf, Germany are displayed alongside a reproduction of a wooden spear similar to those used by Neanderthals.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/13/cave-lion-remains.png?w=800)
Archaeology
Neanderthals may have hunted mighty cave lions
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Archaeology
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