Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A handful of 60,000-year-old arrow tips unearthed in a South African rock shelter are the oldest evidence of poison weapons in the world, a new study finds. The discovery pushes back the confirmed use of poison weapons by hunter-gatherers by over 50,000 years.
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A handful of 60,000-year-old arrow tips unearthed in a South African rock shelter are the oldest evidence of poison weapons in the world, a new study finds. The discovery pushes back the confirmed use of poison weapons by hunter-gatherers by over 50,000 years.
#archaeologyfinds #humanhistory #ancienthistory #sciencenews
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