Old Stone AgeTechnology Bow and arrow c. 64,000 years agoMajor Stone points from Sibudu Cave, South Africa, suggest arrows, letting hunters strike from a distance. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Hand axes (Acheulean) → Wooden hunting spears → Bow and arrow Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentcambridge.orgIndications of bow and stone-tipped arrow use 64,000 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal (Lombard and Phillipson, Antiquity 2010) ↗Editor's pickBookRichard G. Klein and Blake EdgarThe Dawn of Human Culture ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeoldest bow and arrow evidence ↗Editor's pick