A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...
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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 ...
Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...
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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 ...
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60,000-year-old traces of world's oldest arrow poison reveal early advanced hunting techniques
Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...
Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
The study authors conclude that these Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers were making their poison from the gifbol root bulb ...
The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...
Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...
Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...
For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...
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