Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

This discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of arrow poison used by ancient humans for hunting. Archaeologists from ...

A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...