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So here you can see a monkey bone.
We can clearly see that the V shape.
These V-shaped cut marks only can
produced by the stone tools.
>> Yeah. So this here that's where somebody
is. Yeah. They cuffing or skinning also
can be possible.
>> Whatever is stuck with the bones they
try to remove.
>> It's funny cuz I think butchery marks
often need to look at it through a
magnifying glass but not always. And
actually this one is quite clear
>> and this is not the kind of thing that
you would see if an animal killed it.
This is an indication that this is
>> this is definitely this is definitely
homo sapi
>> and so the question is how they killed
them.
>> It is remarkable Ella because there are
lots of trees very tall in second they
can climb up to the top. So therefore it
is very very difficult to catch them.
the prehistoric people or our ancestors
should need to develop their own
technology to get them down.
So I would like to show you some
earliest which goes back to 48,000 years
old. They developed this bone point
technology and they made bone tipped
arrows.
They identified the monkey bones are
really special to make arrowheads
because those are light in weight to
hunt these fastm moving animal.
>> So here you can see it is little bit
chipped because it's hit with contact
with something.
>> So that is why at the end
>> that chip mark there
>> shows us that it was actually used.
>> Yes. It's I mean it's amazing because
this is obviously I've got in my hands
right now something that was used 48,000
years ago
>> and it was absolutely revolutionary.
>> These bone points are only the tips of
the full arrow heads.
Many are chipped from actually hitting
prey
and each one would have been attached to
the end of a long wooden arrow.
These hunters didn't invent a brand new
technology.
They adapted an old one.
These are some of the earliest examples
of bow and arrows found outside of
Africa,
enabling homo sapiens to hunt with
exceptional skill and efficiency
within the forest.