Ancient Uzbek Micropoints Hint Neanderthals Used Bows 80,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists in northeastern Uzbekistan uncovered 80,000-year-old micropoint arrowheads at the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter, potentially the oldest known arrowheads and evidence that Neanderthals or early Homo sapiens used bow-and-arrow technology far earlier than previously thought, pushing back the timeline by about 6,000 years and prompting new questions about early human migration and interactions.