Researchers analyzed 60,000-year-old arrowheads found in South Africa and discovered they had been tinged with poison. This ...

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

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

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

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

, I’ll find myself walking through a freshly plowed field. Inevitably, I’ll spend as much time peering downward as I do listening skyward. I can’t help myself. I might be hunting gobblers, but I’m ...

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

A pile of ancient arrowheads from southern Africa still holds traces of toxic plant residue, even after some 60,000 years.

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

FOREST CITY — Several Winnebago County residents have been turning the soil over for years. They use a poker — a stick with a nail attached to it — instead of a plow. The pokers are used to find ...

Analysis of bone arrowheads from prehistoric Argentina has unveiled evidence of sophisticated craft production among communities that thrived over 700 years ago. The study demonstrates that Late ...