They also exhibited the classic (rodeo-like) wound patterns of Neanderthals. Perhaps this as well as the hunting tools found also indicates a different hunting method. Cornering a bear without dogs would result in all of the wounds exhibited by Kennewick Man including the spear point in his hip. Indeed several of these remains have been found in bear caves. Because bears den up for hibernation, they have long been exploited by humans as food. See Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders book "The Sacred Paw" for more of our joint history with Ursa. For a wonderful description of the far safer methods used to hunt bears by later North Americans (Inuit) see the chapter ("How We Hunt Polar Bears" pg. 282)in Vilhjalmur Stefansson's book "Hunters of the Great North". Dogs make the whole process much easier and less traumatic (at least for the humans). Even today several states have a spear-hunting season on bears. Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" http://www.neanderthin.com