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A simple bow is a slender, straight-grained wooden shaft tapered from the center to each tip and bent into an arc by a cord shorter than the wood. An inspired Stone-Age man invented it and became the most efficient hunter on Earth. Flint arrows date back 25,000 to 50,000 years ago but no doubt men made arrows without stone points for untold ages before that.
"Certainly by the upper Palaeolithic [Age] (c. 30,000 to 35,000) we have smaller, pointed tools with impact damage consistent with use as arrow points-- though not all small, pointed tools are arrow points as is often assumed," says archeologist Roger Grace of the University of Oslo, Norway.
The earliest archeological evidence comes from Western Europe sites dated about 40,000 years ago. Later, in 30,000 B.C., artists left cave paintings of the bow and arrow.
"Material evidence for bows and arrows, i.e. remains of bows, are not found until the Mesolithic [Age] (c.10,000) but that is a matter of preservation," continues Grace.
(Answered by April Holladay, science correspondent, June 20, 2001)
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What year was the bow and arrow invented?
the artery bow was invented around 45000 years ugo lol
How was the bow and arrow first invented?
they saw a bow and they saw and arrow and decided to shoot it
Who invented the bow?
Is that 'bow' as in tying up ribbons, bow as in 'bow and arrow', or 'bow' as in greeting by bending forward?
What country does archery started?
Archery - the use of a bow and arrow was invented by our ancient hunter gatherer ancestors, we have no record as to where the first bow and arrow were made.
Is a bow an arrow inventions of the mesolithic era?
The Bow and Aorrow were invented in the late paleoithic early mesolithic era
Who invented the very first bow?
If you refer to a hunting bow, as in "bow and arrow", it goes back to Nimrod, in the Old Testament. The bow was supposed to be a gift from God, to silently hunt animals at a distance.
What goddess has bow and arrow greek?
No, Athena is not typically depicted with bow and arrow. Bow and arrow are most often depicted with Artemis.
What is the bow part on a bow and arrow?
it is the stick and the string that shoots the arrow
What is Arrow is to bow as - is to rifle?
to Bullet.
Where was the bow and arrow invented?
History doesn't tell us this, but it has been around for at least 10,000 years.
What simple machine is a bow and arrow?
what kind of symple machine is a bow and arrow
Where on the island of gust is the bow and arrow?
Sorry there is no bow and arrow on the Isle of Gust because I just beat it a while ago theirs no bow and arrow
