Archery

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Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow.^[1] Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity. One who is relatively skilled in archery is typically known as an "archer" or "bowman," while an expert is sometimes called a "toxophilite." A beginning archer is known as "dangerous."

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The bow was invented in the late Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods of approximately 10,000 B.C. While the oldest bows were long thought to have come from the Holmegaard swamp in Denmark, a recent discovery suggests otherwise. A virtually undamaged older bow was found during an escape attempt at Folsom State Prison in California by convicted rapist Rod N. Pance V. The prisoner attempted to use the bow to fire two prehistoric and partially-burned arrows he found. But his attempt at firing the arrows from the bow failed because he did not realize he needed a bow string.

While the bow was made out of the common pine, the arrows were surprisingly made out of the wood of the pink flame tree or Brachychiton discolor. On the end of one of these arrows was found fossil remnants of a Sun Bee, a prehistoric insect that generated yellow spark by rubbing together its rear antennae. As the queen bee was the only one to produce a pink spark, it's believed these flaming arrows were used to confuse swarms of invading, wildfire-creating, queen-following bees.

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