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The spears are among the oldest hunting weapons discovered and were found together with animal bones and stone and bone tools. Being used by the oldest known group of hunters, they provided unique proof that early human ancestors were much closer to modern humans in both complex social structure and technical ability than thought before.
Such artifacts can be found all over the world in various locations. Those that have survived are usually made of stone, primarily consisting of flint, obsidian, or chert. In many excavations, bone, wooden, and metal arrowheads have also been found. The oldest known arrowheads likely date to 74,000 years ago in Ethiopia. [4]
The Mörigen Arrowhead is a Bronze Age arrowhead made from an iron meteorite. [1] Discovered in 1873 in Lake Biel during excavations of a settlement dating to 900–800 B.C., the arrowhead is in the collection of the Bern Historical Museum in Switzerland, where a 2023 analysis confirmed its extraterrestrial origins.
A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Ancient Estonian meteorite was likely source for metal in arrowhead, scientists say Scientists discover 3,000-year-old arrowhead made of ‘alien’ iron Skip to main content
A new analysis of arrowheads at a Bronze Age site in Germany shows that local warriors clashed with an army from the south 3,250 years ago. Thousands of bones and hundreds of weapons reveal grisly ...
Many of the skulls, of which over 40 were found, show signs of battle wounds, with a bronze arrowhead found in one of them. [14] By late 2017, about 50 bronze arrowheads had been found. Remnants of the arrows' wooden shafts provided a further possibility for dating with more than a third dating to the same time as the bones. [ 9 ]
The oldest Neolithic bow known from Europe was found in anaerobic layers dating between 7,400 and 7,200 BP, the earliest layer of settlement at the lake settlement at La Draga, Banyoles, Girona, Spain. The intact specimen is short at 1.08 m (3 ft 7 in), has a D-shaped cross-section, and is made of yew wood. [30]