Archaeologists working in South Africa have discovered traces of plant toxins on the tips of 60,000-year-old arrows, marking ...

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

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

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

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

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

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

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.

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

The poison likely came from the bulbs of Boophone disticha, a local flowering plant. Hunters would have used it to weaken ...