Archery was vital to the survival of early humans and a giant step in thinking

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/16/how-archery-was-vital-to-the-survival-of-early-humans

https://www.britannica.com/technology/bow-and-arrow

Development of the bow meant we were thinking hard: human cognitive evolution and archaeology.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/bridging-theory-and-bow-hunting-human-cognitive-evolution-and-archaeology/509A69D013D25C97B92B36DD8F9017C2

The Holmegaard bow has been dated to around 7000 BC

https://worldarchery.sport/news/166330/how-old-bow-and-arrow

A Bit of Physical Science: Energy From a Bow Goes Into Kinetic Energy of the Arrow

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/much-energy-bow-goes-kinetic-energy-arrow/

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/webproj/212_spring_2015/Addis_Gonzalez/Addis_Gonzalez/introduction--history.html

Humans hunted for meat 2 million years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/23/human-hunting-evolution-2million-years

Early Stone Age people hunted with sharpened sticks. Later, they used bows and arrows and spears tipped with flint or bone. People gathered nuts and fruits and dug up roots. They went fishing using nets and harpoons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/z34djxs

Prehistoric children were hard workers, who learned from an early age to use the weapons and tools that would help them

https://www.science.org/content/article/playing-tools-and-weapons-was-normal-part-prehistoric-childhood

Science and Culture of the Bow and Arrow

https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Exemplars_and_Case_Studies/Exemplars/Culture/Cultural_Connections_to_Potential_and_Kinetic_Energy

Legendary Archers: Female Gods and Heroes

https://legendarchery.com/blogs/archery-bowhunting-blog/7-legendary-archers-female-gods-and-heroes

The Two Most Common Bows

https://archerybull.com/crossbow-vs-longbow/

Crossbow vs. the Longbow in the Medieval Period

https://www.thebeckoning.com/medieval/crossbow/cross_l_v_c.html

Archery at the Olympic Games: the early era and the modern era.

https://worldarchery.sport/sport/history/archery-olympic-games

The Quest to Shoot an Arrow Farther Than Anyone Has Before

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/quest-shoot-arrow-farther-anyone-has-before-180979009/

Grand Challenge: Valuing World Cultures

The Bow Takes a Bow

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