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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill -- no iron needed.
by greglindahl 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill -- no iron needed.
- codesnik 7y agoThere's no evidence of neanderthals using bows, though. Hard to imaging some people using bow drill but not using bow for hunt. Or we haven't find it yet, of course.
- catalogia 7y ago> Hard to imaging some people using bow drill but not using bow for hunt. I don't think so. A bow drill has laxer construction requirements. I think the real hurdle is having the idea in the first place.
- maxerickson 7y agoOe even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_plough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_plough Having never started a fire by hand, I think I'd not try to manufacture a bow before I had my fire going.