Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...
The study authors conclude that these Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers were making their poison from the gifbol root bulb ...
Researchers discover evidence that poison was used in weapons 60,000 years ago, revealing advanced planning and knowledge.
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60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered
Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...
For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...
Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...
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Archaeologists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Evidence of Poison Arrows, Which Hunters Used to Slow Down Their Prey 60,000 Years Ago
New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...
Traces of plant poison on ancient African arrowheads provide the oldest direct evidence of poisoned weapons. Scientists have ...
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South African hunters used complex poison arrows 60,000 years ago
Long before agriculture or cities, hunters in southern Africa were already engineering weapons that relied on chemistry as ...
The arrow came to light in a layer of sediments dating to 60,000 years ago, suggesting the artifact is just as old. Namely, ...
Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.
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