The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...

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

A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying ...

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

The study authors conclude that these Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers were making their poison from the gifbol root bulb ...

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

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

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

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.