It’s the earliest-known case of enhancing hunting weapons with poison in the human historical record.

The world’s oldest poisoned arrows – dating back 60,000 years – have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...

The find is the earliest direct evidence of poisoned hunting weapons to date.

Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by human hunters, archaeologists say in a new study. For long, ...

Traces of plant poison on ancient African arrowheads provide the oldest direct evidence of poisoned weapons. Scientists have ...

A new study has identified toxins on arrowheads found in South Africa, revealing the chemical savvy of early humans. Quartz arrowheads found in the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, South Africa. Photo: ...

, I’ll find myself walking through a freshly plowed field. Inevitably, I’ll spend as much time peering downward as I do listening skyward. I can’t help myself. I might be hunting gobblers, but I’m ...

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 ...

This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Researchers analyzed 60,000-year-old arrowheads found in South Africa and discovered they had been tinged with poison. This is the earliest known case of poison-enhanced hunting weapons in the human ...