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

  • 2026-01-12
The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating…
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The 60,000-year-old backed microlith from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: (A) buphanidrine and (B) epibuphanisine detected in a sample from the microlith; (C) the microlith showing the reddish poisonous adhesive residue still adhering to the dorsal backed portion of the tool. Image credit: Isaksson et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adz3281.
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60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads Found in South Africa

  • 2026-01-08
Archaeologists have identified traces of two toxic plant alkaloids — buphandrine and epibuphanisine — on artifacts from Umhlatuzana…
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60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered

  • 2026-01-08
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