Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago: study
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'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 …
Homo Sapiens used a bow and arrow in Europe 40,000 years earlier than reported, study says
In Africa, the use of bows and arrows would have existed 70,000 years ago, but in Europe the oldest evidence was 10,000 and 12,000 years old. Now, a new study at the Mandrin Cave says it was 40,000 before.
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