A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by more than 50,000 years.

Scientists have discovered poisonous arrowheads that were used by hunters approximately 60,000 years ago in South Africa. The ...

The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana ...

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

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads in South Africa. Their ...

Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

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

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of thousands of years earlier than previously known ...

What started out as a day of metal detecting quickly became a day of Arrowhead Hunting! Quick look at Alabama Native American History! Finding Arrowheads can be tricky in overgrown field but we manage ...

, 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 ...