I wonder which came first: the arrow used for a weapon or the arrow used to point direction. I, honestly, think it was the former. Early man probably realized that the arrow shape was great for sticking boar, giant sloth, and other tasty animals, while using it as a directional cue came later. I suppose a spear would have been handier to point out where a herd is moving than constantly constructing signposts. Also, some signs I see with arrows still have a sort of fletching at the butt end of it. Of course, it could go the other way around. Early man could have used arrows to point out direction, but then realized that having a pointy thing at the end of a stick might actually be useful for other things, like picking their teeth. I take that back. That's complete hogwash. The arrow had to be a weapon first because almost everything in history was used for warfare first. Except, maybe, Hawaiian shirts, though that would be a bit fun to see. Perhaps it could be camouflage in case you every have to fight a battle in, say, Hawaii.
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Hawaiian shirts: The tourists best defense against colorblind Hawaiian Extremists.
My sister bought my dad a hawaiian shirt for his birthday once...he liked it so well that one day he hid in my mother's flower garden and completely scared the crap out of her when he burst out of the morning glories as she walked by.
Seeing as how the neolithic humans had tiny brains, it seems only reasonable that they did in fact use arrows as weapons than as an educational tool. Reminds me a bit about people in high school actually.......
Haha, someone needs to teach me how to do thumbnails on Xanga. ^^ I was the one who wanted to see the Vatican, but the stupid place (can I call a holy place stupid?) closed so early. Geh...you have to, like, camp out overnight just to get a spot. It's crazy. Yeah, I could have, but oh well, it's my journal. =P
Yes...yaoi. O___O" I <3 it.
Bwuahahaha!
-Kristine X3-
Definitely the spear/arrow usage. Think about History. Cavemen came before science. -shifty eyes- OK, not a convincing argument, but it just makes more sense.
-Kristine X3-