New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...

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

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

The death of a Sonoma County resident last week prompted public health officials to urge foragers not to consume wild ...

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

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

Long before agriculture or cities, hunters in southern Africa were already engineering weapons that relied on chemistry as ...

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...