Traces of plant poison on ancient African arrowheads provide the oldest direct evidence of poisoned weapons. Scientists have ...
Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.
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South African hunters used complex poison arrows 60,000 years ago
Long before agriculture or cities, hunters in southern Africa were already engineering weapons that relied on chemistry as ...
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 ...
The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...
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Ancient Hunters Used Plant Poison On These Stone Arrows 60,000 Years Ago
Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.
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