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

The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...

Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.

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

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

Researchers have discovered the earliest known evidence of poison tipped arrowheads, pushing back the timeline of toxic ...

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

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads in South Africa. Their ...

Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.

Archaeologists working in South Africa have discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a surprising, and extra-fatal, security feature.