[JoeProBono]

The stone points are approximately 64,000 years old

Closer inspection revealed remnants of blood (left) and bone fragments (right) The arrow heads also contained traces of glue - plant-based resin that the scientists think was used to fasten them on to a wooden shaft.

The bow and arrow revolutionized warfare by enabling one to launch attacks from a distance with far less risk to the attacker. Although the crossbow often superseded hand bows in medieval armies since it took less training to use and could have greater penetrating power, in the right hands the longbow could achieve a faster shooting rate for devastating effect, as the battles of Crecy in 1346 and Agincourt in 1415 revealed.

[JoeProBono]

Hunting Crossbow

[SunkenCiv]

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[wendy1946]

Energy is measured in foot-pounds; crossbows have the pounds but not the feet and generally cannot even shoot as hard as a well made longbow or recurve, much less as rapidly or accurately. The ultimate weapon of war in the middle ages was the Turko-Mongol composite bow.

[CholeraJoe]

Agincourt in 1415 revealed.

Hogwash. The bodkin points couldn't penetrate the French armor. The French knights in heavy armor, bogged down in the muck and mud, were slaughtered by the English in hand-to-hand fighting with little gems like this.