Destroyer of Worlds

[sofa king]

4. Not necessarily.

Before stone tools, the fire-sharpened spear did the same job--apparently up to 400000 years ago.

My guess is that the tactic was to surround or corner the prey with a dozen or more people (if possible), then slowly move in, with most of the people keeping their spears firmly planted in the ground with one foot. Eventually the giant creature would charge or recoil into a planted spear, its own mass and inertia would cause severe soft tissue damage, and that would be the beginning of the end. (The trick has been rediscovered countless times, including by greek hoplites, English billmen, armies that had to fight against elephants, and so on.)

Whatever the case, even today the Kalihari and others will happily stick a giant creature a few times, back off, and follow it until it weakens--a good way to avoid injury.

I'm not even sure that bone can be scratched by most wooden weapons; certainly the evidence for it would be much more subtle and difficult to detect.