Arrow tips found in South Africa are the oldest evidence of poison use in hunting

The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...
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Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly ...
New Scientist

Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

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

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 ...
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World’s Oldest Poison Arrows Were Used By Hunters 60,000 Years Ago

P rehistoric hunter-gatherers in South Africa applied deadly poisons to their stone arrows 60,000 years ago. Amazingly, the ...

World’s oldest poison-tipped arrow discovered in South Africa

For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For ...
News 13

Central Florida supporters, opponents speak out on FWC's proposed black bear hunt guidelines

OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group against ...
ZME Science

Hunters in South Africa Were Using Complex Poison Arrows 60,000 Years Ago

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.