A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...
This discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of arrow poison used by ancient humans for hunting. Archaeologists from ...
Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.
Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest arrow poison on 60,000-year-old tools in South Africa, revealing early human ...
Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...
For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...