Today, rock wallabies rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different ...
A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...
Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...
60,000-year-old traces of arrow poison on quartz arrowheads have been found at the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, ...
Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced ...
Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.
Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying ...
Archaeologists found traces of well-known plant poisons on Stone Age quartz arrowheads in a prehistoric South African rock ...
The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...
Recently, three bone arrowheads stored in a poison-filled bone container were reported from Kruger Cave in South Africa ...