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Oldest sinew bowstrings ever found in Europe have been hiding in Spain's 'Bat Cave' for 7,000 years

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The bowstrings date to the early Neolithic , when ancient Europeans first began farming.

They're at least 2,000 years older than the next-oldest known bowstrings made from animal products in Europe .

The find reveals that Ötzi 's bow-and-arrow technology was not new to Europeans .