World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrowheads Date Back 60,000 Years, Show Hunters’ Knowledge of Toxins
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World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrowheads Date Back 60,000 Years, Show Hunters’ Knowledge of Toxins

Scientists identified traces of a poison from the South African plant gifbol on Stone Age arrowheads dating back 60,000 years, making it the oldest known arrow poison discovered anywhere in the world. The researchers say the find shows that people in southern Africa had already developed advanced knowledge of toxic substances and how they could […] The post World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrowheads Date Back 60,000 Years, Show Hunters’ Knowledge of Toxins appeared first on Good News Network.