Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.
The research team identified chemical residues of poison from gifbol, a poisonous plant still used by traditional hunters in ...
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A team of archaeologists working in South Africa has discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a ...
The world’s oldest poisoned arrows - dating back 60,000 years - have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...
The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...