I don't have a stance on that and did you know that there are no definite early bows? There were pointed shafts but could have been thanks to spear-throwers.
I like spear-throwers rather than bows, but all of them are pretty cool.
I recently took up archery and I think I love it. Do you know anything about Archery? Archery is a sport/skill of using a bow to propel arrows. And a great sport it is. Do you know where archery originated from? I do not know that it was invented at minimum 10000 years ago, and has been used for military and hunting. Wow, thats amazing. Its been around for a long time. Do you know which culture invented it? I don't know the culture, just that it was around the transition period of the Upper Paleolithic to Mesolithic times, An I guess it has spread out through out all the different cultures. Which type of bow do you consider to be the best?
There are no definite earlier bows; previous pointed shafts are known, but may have been launched by spear-throwers rather than bows.