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Tip 1 - bow and arrow

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by carlgustav | permalink

A weapon consisting of a stave made of wood or other elastic material, bent and held in tension by a string. The arrow, a thin wooden shaft with a feathered tail, is fitted to...
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For further reading: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76056/bow-and-arrow ^[1]

Tip 2 - Why we stuck with sticks and stones: Inventing the first bows and arrows took early humans TWO MILLION years

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Clifton Reid | permalink

Human beings were able to create tools around 2.5 million years ago - but we first made bows and arrows 64,000 years ago, say Tubingen researchers.
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For further reading: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2170895/Inventing-bows-arrows-took-early-humans-TWO-MILLION-years.html ^[2]