Archaeologists digging in a cave in southern France say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa. Grotte Mandrin, near Malataverne in the Rhône Valley ...

Archaeological excavations deep within the rainforests of Sri Lanka have unearthed the earliest evidence for hunting with bows and arrows outside Africa. At Fa-Hien Lena, a cave in the heart of Sri ...

The bow and arrow have long been regarded as a possible indicator of culture in prehistoric times. Bows and arrows appear to have been in use for some 64,000 years, given evidence from South Africa.

Small bone artifacts with sharpened tips unearthed in a Sri Lankan cave represent the earliest evidence of bow-and-arrow use outside Africa, says a team led by archaeologist Michelle Langley of ...

Paleontologists have recovered 48,000-year-old evidence of bow-and-arrow technology -- the earliest such evidence found outside Africa -- from a Sri Lankan cave.

It's also the earliest tech of its kind to be found outside of Africa. Among the tools discovered were hunting bow-and-arrow kits and weapons, such as knives, which were carved from animal bones ...

The earliest clear evidence of the use of a bow and arrow is in South Africa 64,000 years ago — a pivotal moment in human history. Early humans also used the technology in what’s now Sri Lanka ...

Small monkeys such as these macaques were targeted with bows and arrows from 48,000 years ago. P. Roberts Currently, the oldest evidence for the use of the bow and arrow are small stone points found ...