Scientists Discover Poisonous Arrowheads Used by Hunters 60,000 Years Ago, Revealing New Info About Early Human Brain Power

The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

These 6 Wild-Game Rituals Have Stood the Test of Time

THE BEST wild fish or game meal is usually a simple one: meat, fire, and maybe a little salt and pepper. Actually, the best ...
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Researchers find 60,000-year-old poisoned arrowheads in Africa

The quartz arrowheads were collected from sediment at Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa dated to the ...
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60,000-Year-Old Projectiles Are the World’s First ‘Poison Arrows,’ Extending Earliest Use in Africa by Thousands of Years

Analysis of 60,000-year-old artifacts has uncovered the oldest known poison arrowheads, hinting at advanced ancient knowledge ...
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Hunters in South Africa Were Using Complex Poison Arrows 60,000 Years Ago

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.
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Humans Made Poisoned Arrowheads Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

60,000-year-old traces of world's oldest arrow poison reveal early advanced hunting techniques

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...

Poison-Laced Arrows Date Back Tens of Thousands of Years Earlier Than Expected

The arrow came to light in a layer of sediments dating to 60,000 years ago, suggesting the artifact is just as old. Namely, ...