I think understand that the concept of a pointy thing on a long stick is universal, hence spears, but how did almost every culture, even isolated ones, think to develop bows and arrows? We see these from Europe to Africa to Asia to the Americas and even the Sentinelese, so what gives?
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Speculation:
Hey, you seen that nasty tribe that keep attacking everywhere with their weapon, what’s that?
Let’s capture one and steal their ideas.
(Just like how every nomad spread things. We copy what we saw instead of acknowledging who come up with the tool first.)
(So where did the bow and arrow come from? End of my speculation)
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