Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

The research team identified chemical residues of poison from gifbol, a poisonous plant still used by traditional hunters in ...

A team of archaeologists working in South Africa has discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a ...

The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana ...

According to the researchers, the poison used on the arrows came from the bulb of the local plant Boophone disticha.

Scientists have discovered poisonous arrowheads that were used by hunters approximately 60,000 years ago in South Africa. The ...

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Scientists have found the oldest known poisoned arrows, dating back 60,000 years. These small quartz arrowheads unearthed in ...

Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.