<P> The earliest definite remains of bow and arrow are from Europe . Possible fragments from Germany were found at Mannheim - Vogelstang dated 17,500 - 18,000 years ago , and at Stellmoor dated 11,000 years ago . Azilian points found in Grotte du Bichon , Switzerland , alongside the remains of both a bear and a hunter , with flint fragments found in the bear 's third vertebra , suggest the use of arrows at 13,500 years ago . At the site of Nataruk in Turkana County , Kenya , obsidian bladelets found embedded in a skull and within the thoracic cavity of another skeleton , suggest the use of stone - tipped arrows as weapons about 10,000 years ago . Microliths discovered on the south coast of Africa suggest that projectile weapons of some sort may be at least 71,000 years old . </P>
<P> The earliest definite remains of bow and arrow are from Europe . Possible fragments from Germany were found at Mannheim - Vogelstang dated 17,500 - 18,000 years ago , and at Stellmoor dated 11,000 years ago . Azilian points found in Grotte du Bichon , Switzerland , alongside the remains of both a bear and a hunter , with flint fragments found in the bear 's third vertebra , suggest the use of arrows at 13,500 years ago . At the site of Nataruk in Turkana County , Kenya , obsidian bladelets found embedded in a skull and within the thoracic cavity of another skeleton , suggest the use of stone - tipped arrows as weapons about 10,000 years ago . Microliths discovered on the south coast of Africa suggest that projectile weapons of some sort may be at least 71,000 years old . </P>
when was the bow and arrow first invented
when was the bow and arrow first invented
dated 17,500 - 18,000 years ago
dated 17,500 - 18,000 years ago