Researchers have identified traces of plant toxins on Stone Age arrowheads - making it the oldest known arrow poison in the ...

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 ...

Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.

Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

Recently, three bone arrowheads stored in a poison-filled bone container were reported from Kruger Cave in South Africa ...

Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...

Analysis - The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a tomb at the ...

The poison likely came from the bulbs of Boophone disticha, a local flowering plant. Hunters would have used it to weaken ...

Ground will be broken between March 1 and 15 for the construction of the new theatre, The Senator, at Fifth and Main streets, and the building will be open between September 15 and October 1, ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

In this video, we show how you can make a Viking Sax knife from Viking arrowheads. This is one of our most expensive projects because these arrowheads are not easy to obtain. Thanks so much to our ...