At first, archaeologist Andrei Krivoshapkin and his colleagues thought the small, pointed stone shards they were uncovering were just a curiosity. Krivoshapkin and his team were digging deep into ...

For decades, scientists have debated when our ancestors first mastered the bow and arrow, a skill that transformed hunting, survival, and eventually warfare. Now, a new study suggests that the answer ...

Until now, it was generally assumed that the ability to produce projectile weapons like bow-fired arrows was exclusive to Homo sapiens, yet the puzzling discovery of a series of arrowheads that ...

, I’ll find myself walking through a freshly plowed field. Inevitably, I’ll spend as much time peering downward as I do listening skyward. I can’t help myself. I might be hunting gobblers, but I’m ...

Bronze Age arrowheads have helped cast new light on an early large-scale battle over 3,000 years ago. Previous investigations in the Tollense Valley in northeastern Germany have uncovered evidence of ...

Bronze and flint arrowheads from northern Germany show a 3250 year old battle, shedding light on Bronze Age warfare and society. In 1996, an amateur archaeologist discovered a bone near the Tollensee ...

Today, the lush, green valley surrounding the Tollense River in northeast Germany appears to be a serene place to appreciate nature. But to archaeologists, the Tollense Valley is considered Europe’s ...