Hi, more contributions are welcome, but fyi, this is a fairly popular question in this sub, so we've rounded up some previous threads into a FAQ section, Origins and dispersal of bow & arrow technology. Check them out:

• Did Native Americans use the bow and arrow prior to Europeans arriving in the New World?

• Did the bow and arrow develop independently in the various cultures across the globe? If so, why does the design seem so universally similar?

• Did the bow and arrow migrate around the world with moving peoples or was it invented independently by hundreds of different societies?

• Is it just a coincidence that both native americans and europeans had bows before the columbian exchange?

• Did the Native Americans have bow & arrows by 1000BC?

• Why did the Australian aborigines never invent bows and arrows? Why did nobody else invent the boomerang?

• Did Native Americans use the bow and arrow prior to Europeans arriving in the New World?

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