When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Different views of the richly decorated antler from Sweden. Archaeologists think it was first ...

Animals with antlers and horns have dominated the earth for centuries. These intimidating features are symbols of power, ...

Even before the tools were made easily with metal, one red-deer antler-piece contained the engineering decisions of a community in its marks: its scars flattened, ornamented, and finally discarded ...

Antler size is an indicator of a buck's health, nutrition, and age, not necessarily dominance. Injuries to a deer can result in abnormally shaped antlers, such as drop tines or even a third antler.