Laure Metz

Archaeologist at Aix-Marseille Université and Affiliated Researcher in Anthropology, University of Connecticut

To test the ballistic properties of the stone points found in the Mandrin cave, modern duplicates were created and hafted on to shafts, as they may have been 54,000 years ago. Photo: Laure Metz, Ludovic Slimak, CC BY-SA

Science & Technology

The earliest modern humans in Europe mastered bow-and-arrow technology 54,000 years ago

14 Mar 2023

5 min read

The Grotte Mandrin rock shelter saw repeated use by Neanderthals and modern humans over millennia. Ludovic Slimak, CC BY-ND

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New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

10 Feb 2022

6 min read