60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads Found in South Africa
Archaeologists have identified traces of two toxic plant alkaloids — buphandrine and epibuphanisine — on artifacts from Umhlatuzana…
60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa reveal the world’s earliest poisoned weapons and advanced hunting techniques
A team of archaeologists excavating southern Africa has found the oldest direct evidence of human use of poisoned…
Hunters in South Africa Were Using Complex Poison Arrows 60,000 Years Ago
Both sides of one of the arrowheads analysed. The left-hand image shows the organic remains in which the…