[VanShuyten]

The interesting part is that they didn’t have bows and arrows until 500 AD. That’s a little hard to believe.

[Beowulf9]

"When the bow and arrow appeared in North America, roughly 1,500 years ago..." "The interesting part is that they didn’t have bows and arrows until 500 AD. That’s a little hard to believe". took me a minute to figure out how you arrived at that, nice observation. Jesus must've not started the calendar yet or AD must stand for After...Duh? http://www.roman-emperors.org/big500.htm

[wardaddy]

I don’t believe it either.

I think they have found arrowheads 30,000 years ago in the NW Sahara.

and from at least 12,000 years ago in North America

[dr_lew]

What’s the Star Trek ( TOS ) episode where Spock and Kirk, I think improvise a bow and arrow weapon, and when they use it, the arrow is barely propelled at all, and flies sideways and looks like they just threw it ?

The “point” being, how WOULD you get the idea for this?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The interesting part is that they didn’t have bows and arrows until 500 AD.

That must have come as quite a surprise to Ötzi the Iceman when he was shot in the back by a time traveler from 500AD.