Oldest Arrowheads Discovered So Far

[y0dsa]

Arrowheads recently unearthed in a cave near Durban, South Africa, have been dated as the earliest evidence of bows and arrows to 64,000 years ago. A 'forensic' examination of them found plant resin glues and even blood and bone remains... see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11086110

64 thousand years ago. Well, that puts my flint tool collection into perspective!

 

[Cobweb]

Very interesting, thank you for posting the link It's fascinating to think that we humans are so inventive at such an early age in our development!

 

[y0dsa]

Aye, Cheers Cobweb. And the forensics today are pretty incredible too.

 

[Toddy]

Thank you for the link

Makes one wonder, just what was happening here before the ice scraped the land clean.

cheers,
M

 

[Nonsuch]

Great to think we have been using bows for 64,000 years. Archery really does connect us with our ancestors - like campfires

NS