Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago: study

Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago

A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known.

Bows Were Being Used in Europe 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known.

New Evidence Shows Humans Were Using Bows and Arrows in 52,000 BC

Did the very first humans that reached Europe hunt with bows and arrows? A new study appearing in the journal Science Advances claims that they did, and that this happened 54,000 years ago in southern France. Read moreSection: ArtifactsAncient TechnologyNewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later

'Homo sapiens in Europe used bow, arrow 54,000 years ago'

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known.The research, published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, pushes back the age of archery in the continent by more than 40,000 years.Bow-and-arrow use in Africa has been documented to date back some 70,000 years.The oldest previous evidence of archery …

Earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa unearthed in France

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54,000 years ago, homo sapiens used bow-and-arrow, reveals 1st evidence from cave in southern France

The use of the bow-and-arrow in Africa has been documented to date back some 70,000 years.