In 1983, archaeologists exploring South Africa's Kruger Cave found a 7,000-year-old antelope femur which then sat in storage ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

The femur bone belonged to an antelope that hunters targeted long ago with three deadly arrows. Researchers have had the bone since 1983, but they only recently decided to examine it more closely.

Poison Concoction On Arrow Embedded In 7,000-Year-Old Bone Is World’s Oldest Known Nice shot. Tom Hale. Tom Hale. Senior ... a skill that allowed us to become masters of “persistence hunting”.

The stone and bone points found in the rock shelter at Grotte Mandrin in the Rhône River valley aren't the oldest evidence for bows and arrows anywhere, however; supposed arrowheads, also ...