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Discover the first evidence of the use of the bow and arrow out of Africa

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An international team of researchers has discovered in a cave in Sri Lanka, in the Indian ocean, evidence of the use of the bow and arrow makes approximately 48,000 years, the oldest example of any similar technology developed outside of Africa. Our ancestors were able to use these tools made with animal bones to hunt monkeys and squirrels among the trees and survive in a wild environment tropical with few resources. And perhaps, added the scientists, found in the same place could serve for the manufacture of fishing nets or clothing , which would imply a finding equally amazing.

the origins of human innovation have been sought traditionally in the grasslands and the coast of africa or in the landscapes of temperate

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