The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana ...
Scientists have discovered poisonous arrowheads that were used by hunters approximately 60,000 years ago in South Africa. The ...
The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...
According to the researchers, the poison used on the arrows came from the bulb of the local plant Boophone disticha.
The research team identified chemical residues of poison from gifbol, a poisonous plant still used by traditional hunters in ...
Scientists have discovered what they say are the oldest traces of arrow poison that had survived on 60,000-year-old ...
Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...
The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...
In this video I went metal detecting under the porch of this old abandoned house and you won't believe what we found! This ...
The world’s oldest poisoned arrows - dating back 60,000 years - have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...
Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.
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