A pile of ancient arrowheads from southern Africa still holds traces of toxic plant residue, even after some 60,000 years. The discovery pushes back the earliest direct evidence of poisoned arrow use ...
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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 for 60 millennia because the toxin’s molecular structure resists ...
A new analysis of ancient arrowheads from South Africa pushes back prehistoric humans’ earliest use of poisoned weapons by more than 50,000 years. “This is the earliest direct evidence of the use of ...
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