According to the researchers, the poison used on the arrows came from the bulb of the local plant Boophone disticha.

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...

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

The world’s oldest poisoned arrows – dating back 60,000 years – have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...

A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying ...

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 ...

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...

Modern technology helped Jim Meinecke step back in time to create hunting bows and arrows as they were built centuries ago. The bow hunter from Fayetteville learned the art of making his own wooden ...

Once the year’s serious bow shooting practice has started, it doesn’t take most bowhunters long to find the “cherry” arrows in their fresh new dozen or half dozen. Many of us take the time to number ...

Cole Kayser took this public-land bull in the Wyoming backcountry with a bow set at 55 pounds and a Rage mechanical broadhead. The bull made it less than 120 yards before dying. Mark Kayser At the ...