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Scientists find 60,000-year-old 'poisoned' arrows showing advanced prehistoric hunting skills
According to the researchers, the poison used on the arrows came from the bulb of the local plant Boophone disticha.
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Archaeologists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Evidence of Poison Arrows, Which Hunters Used to Slow Down Their Prey 60,000 Years Ago
New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...
Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...
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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 ...
The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...
Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.
For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...
New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.
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