Oldest known poison arrows were used to hunt animals 60,000 years ago

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...
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World’s oldest poison arrows were used by hunters 60,000 years ago

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

The Poison-Arrow Technology of Our Hunter-Gatherer Ancestors

The study authors conclude that these Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers were making their poison from the gifbol root bulb ...

Humans Made Poisoned Arrowheads Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Researchers have found traces of what appears to be plant-derived poison on tiny stone arrowheads from South Africa dated to ...
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Poison in arrows from 60,000 years ago: Oldest evidence of its use in human weapons discovered

The finding in South Africa identifies toxic alkaloids in these projectiles, used for hunting during the Paleolithic era ...
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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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Why some animals can eat poison and cheat death

AFRICA: CREATURES consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, ...
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Virginia's most poisonous and venomous animals

Free digital guide lists 32 of Virginia's most dangerous animals and what to do if you encounter them. CHARLOTTESVILLE – To help Virginians avoid poisonings from encounters with wildlife, a reference ...