The bow didn’t slowly diffuse across North America. It arrived — almost simultaneously — 1,400 years ago. New radiocarbon data from actual preserved weapons shows two very different stories of what happened next. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-bow-didnt-spread-gradually-it
The Bow Didn't Spread Gradually. It Arrived.

New radiocarbon evidence rewrites the timeline of one of prehistory's most consequential weapon transitions — and reveals that how a technology spreads depends as much on ecology as on invention.

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