🗡️ First Weapon – Spear and Arrow

 

🗡️ First Weapon – Spear and Arrow

Weapons were among humanity’s earliest tools for survival. The spear is believed to be the first weapon used by early humans — long before the invention of bows and arrows.

🪓 1. The First Spear

• Date: Around 400,000–500,000 years ago

• Where: Found in Schöningen, Germany

• These wooden spears, used by early humans like Homo heidelbergensis, were expertly crafted for hunting large animals like horses and deer.

🏹 2. The First Arrow & Bow

• Date: Around 60,000–70,000 years ago

• Where: Africa (Sibudu Cave, South Africa)

• Early humans began attaching sharp stone points to wooden shafts — creating arrows for bowhunting. This allowed for safer, long-distance hunting.

🔍 Materials Used

• Spears: Hardened wood, sometimes tipped with stone or fire.

• Arrows: Wooden shafts, flint or obsidian tips, feathers for flight, and plant fibers for binding.