Arrow heads at Obi-Rakhmat (Uzbekistan) 80K years ago?
Researchers report finding stone arrowheads at the Obi‑Rakhmat cave in Uzbekistan, dated to roughly 80,000 years ago using radiometric techniques. The artifacts suggest that hominins in Central Asia employed projectile weapons far earlier than previously documented. The study revises timelines for the development of hunting technology and raises questions about the spread of early modern humans in the region.