For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...

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

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...

Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

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

Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

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

P rehistoric hunter-gatherers in South Africa applied deadly poisons to their stone arrows 60,000 years ago. Amazingly, the ...