Among the discoveries were 7,000-year-old bowstrings made of animal tendons that have now been identified as the oldest ever found in Europe. The results of the study were published in the journal ...

But researchers were particularly interested in the bowstrings, a series of woven fibers that created the rope-like cord. The cords are made predominantly from animal products, including the ...

Roughly 7,000-year-old cords found in a stunning Spanish cave are Europe's oldest bowstrings made of sinew, new research finds. The bowstrings — along with fragments of wood-and-reed arrows ...