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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 ...
Indian Defence Review

60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrows Found in Africa Reveal Ancient Human Ingenuity

Around 60,000 years ago, people in southern Africa were already using poisoned arrows as part of their hunting strategies.
Greek Reporter

World’s Oldest Arrow Poison Found in Africa, Dating Back 60,000 Years

Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest arrow poison on 60,000-year-old tools in South Africa, revealing early human ...
The Debrief

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 ...
ZME Science

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.
EL PAÍS English

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 ...

Former Louisiana House speaker enters plea in rare state artifact theft case

Former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder pleaded not guilty to felony theft and malfeasance charges involving a ...
Ancient Origins

Is Glass Phallus Found in Convent Latrine Really Just a Renaissance Joke?

The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.

Arrow tips found in South Africa are the oldest evidence of poison use in hunting

The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...

Archaeologists find earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by humans

Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced ...
The South African

World’s earliest evidence of poison-tipped arrows found in South Africa

A new find in South Africa has revealed that humans have been using poison arrows for hunting far longer than originally ...
La Brújula Verde

The Oldest Arrow Poison in the World Identified on 60,000-Year-Old Projectiles in South Africa

An international team of researchers has unraveled decisive chemical evidence that redefines the chronology and ...