The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...
Recently, three bone arrowheads stored in a poison-filled bone container were reported from Kruger Cave in South Africa ...
The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana ...
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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 ...
The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...
Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...
“The deer was found in Park Lawn Cemetery, adjacent to King’s Mill Park near the Humber River. Investigators believe the ...
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Ancient hunters used plant poison on these stone arrows 60,000 years ago
Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...
The research team identified chemical residues of poison from gifbol, a poisonous plant still used by traditional hunters in ...
Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...
Scientists have discovered what they say are the oldest traces of arrow poison that had survived on 60,000-year-old ...
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