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Archaeologists find world’s oldest multi-component hunting poison in 7,000-year-old boneResearchers find the oldest multi-component hunting poison on arrowheads inside a 7,000-year-old antelope bone.
In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified ...
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Poison Concoction On Arrow Embedded In 7,000-Year-Old Bone Is World’s Oldest KnownOver 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric chemist concocted a poisonous potion, carefully applied it to the tip of an arrow, and ...
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7,000-Year-Old Poison Arrowheads Found Embedded In An Antelope Bone Uncovered Inside A South African CaveIn 1983, archaeologists exploring South Africa's Kruger Cave found a 7,000-year-old antelope femur which then sat in storage ...
The femur bone belonged to an antelope that hunters targeted long ago with three deadly arrows. Researchers have ... employed complex poisons for hunting. Bradfield and his colleagues emphasized ...
Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.
The latest discovery is the oldest confirmed use of a combination of two or more plant toxins applied to arrowheads.
Archaeological finds have shown that Yorkshire was occupied at a time when early hunters from continental Europe were no...
Excavating a cave in South Africa in 1983, they had discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified ...
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