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80,000-year-old stone points may be the world's oldest arrowheads

As of September 2026: Dispersal model cited by the new study

Tiny triangular stone points found in a Central Asian cave appear to be 80,000-year-old arrowheads, the oldest known in the world. The artifacts from Uzbekistan's Obi-Rakhmat site predate comparable points from Ethiopia by roughly 6,000 years.

Updated Sep 7

Notable Quotes

The similarity between the micro-points from Obi-Rakhmat and Mandrin cannot be a mere coincidence.

from 80,000-year-old arrowheads found in Uzbekistan match French points from 25,000 years later · Updated Sep 20

It is not only their shape that is similar, but also the way they are made, which requires real expertise.

from 80,000-year-old arrowheads found in Uzbekistan match French points from 25,000 years later · Updated Sep 20