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60,000-year-old arrow poison reveals early human intelligence in hunting
60,000-year-old traces of arrow poison on quartz arrowheads have been found at the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, ...
Archaeologists find earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by humans - Prehistoric humans had advanced planning abilities ...
A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...
New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.
Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...
The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...
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60,000-year-old traces of world's oldest arrow poison reveal early advanced hunting techniques
Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...
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 ...
The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana ...
The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...
The arrow came to light in a layer of sediments dating to 60,000 years ago, suggesting the artifact is just as old. Namely, ...
Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...
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