If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of the advance of modern human populations into the European continent, the existence of archery has always been more difficult to trace. The recognition of these technologies in the European Upper Paleolithic has been hampered by ballistic overlaps between weapons projected with a thruster or a bow.
Click here for original story, Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France
Source: Phys.org