THE EVOLUTION OF THE COMPOSITE RECURVE HORN-BOW
THE BOW AND ARROW WERE AMONGST THE FIRST WEAPONS USED BY HUMANITY. ONLY INFERENCES CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOW AS ITS ORIGINS DATE SO FAR BACK IN HISTORY. A SURPRISINGLY DEVELOPED FORM OF THE BOW AND ARROW IS PERPETUATED IN THE LATE PALAEOLITHIC CAVE DRAWINGS OF SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. THUS WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS FORM IS THE RESULT OF A LONG EVOLUTIONARY PROCEDURE WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE PALAEOLITHIC. Archaeologists and ethnologists presume that the bow was preceded by…
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