Oldest sinew bowstrings ever found in Europe have been hiding in Spain's 'Bat Cave' for 7,000 years
When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate charge . Here ’s how it works . Roughly 7,000 - year - sure-enough electric cord found in a stunning Spanish cave are Europe ’s oldest bowstring made of sinew , young research finds . The bowstrings — along with fragment of wood - and - Walter Reed arrows , one with two feature still affixed — date to the former Neolithic , when ancient Europeansfirst began farming ....