For anthropologists, there has long been a major mystery. Fossils from between 600,000 and 1 million years ago, when human ...
The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...
Around 60,000 years ago, people in southern Africa were already using poisoned arrows as part of their hunting strategies.
Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest arrow poison on 60,000-year-old tools in South Africa, revealing early human ...
Analysis of 60,000-year-old artifacts has uncovered the oldest known poison arrowheads, hinting at advanced ancient knowledge ...
Bones From 773,000 Years Ago Capture Human Evolution at a Crossroads In A Nutshell Ancient African fossils dated to around ...
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New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.
The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...
Mafia, which sits just off Tanzania’s east coast, is home to a unique archaeological site called Ras Kisamani — possibly one ...
Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...
A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying ...