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Science · ScienceDailyThu, 12 Feb 2026 23:01:51 EST

60,000 years ago humans were already using poisoned arrows

Sixty thousand years ago, humans in southern Africa were already mastering nature’s chemistry. Scientists have discovered chemical traces of poison from the deadly gifbol plant on ancient quartz arrowheads found in South Africa — the oldest direct ev