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minus-squarewhimsy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 days agoWhen were arrows invented, though?
minus-squareAlteon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·15 days agoApproximately 500,000 years ago, when someone made a tiny spear. They just didn’t know it was an arrow at the time. I mean what is an arrow, but a much smaller spear?
minus-squareMajinBlayze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-215 days agoThere were those little flinger things that they’d put little spears on. Those might be considered proto arrows. Yeah, atlatls had fletched arrows
minus-squarecorvi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoIn my archaeology/anthropology classes in college, we were taught to say “projectile points” instead of “arrowheads” for basically this reason.
When were arrows invented, though?
Approximately 500,000 years ago, when someone made a tiny spear. They just didn’t know it was an arrow at the time.
I mean what is an arrow, but a much smaller spear?
There were those little flinger things that they’d put little spears on. Those might be considered proto arrows.
Yeah, atlatls had fletched arrows
In my archaeology/anthropology classes in college, we were taught to say “projectile points” instead of “arrowheads” for basically this reason.