Researchers have claimed they have found one of the world's oldest mixed poisons in the world, dating back an incredible ...

A 7,000-year-old femur bone belonging to an antelope, discovered in a South African cave, has revealed the earliest confirmed use of a multi-component arrow poison. Three modified bone arrowheads were ...

It's a complex recipe combining at least two toxic plant ingredients. There's also evidence of a third toxin. This is by no means the oldest use of poison for hunting. The application of poison to ...

In 1983, archaeologists exploring South Africa's Kruger Cave found a 7,000-year-old antelope femur which then sat in storage at the University of Witwatersrand for nearly 40 years. It wasn't until ...

None of the plant species that contain digitoxin ... The earliest molecular evidence for poison in southern Africa comes from a 24,000-year-old wooden spatula at Border Cave in the Lebombo ...

This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.