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 ...

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

The world’s oldest poisoned arrows - dating back 60,000 years - have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...

The world’s oldest poisoned arrows – dating back 60,000 years – have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...

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

Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...

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 ...

Earliest evidence of poisoned arrows offers new insights into the advanced technology and strategic thinking of prehistoric ...

Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest arrow poison on 60,000-year-old tools in South Africa, revealing early human ...