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Arrow tips found in South Africa are the oldest evidence of poison use in hunting Original

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By Marlize Lombard
| Yahoo Verified
Boophone disticha. Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a tomb at the Naga ed Der archaeological site. New evidence from southern Africa is challenging this. New research has found poison on stone arrow tips from South Africa dating to 60,000 years ago.
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South Africa: Arrow Tips Found in South Africa Are the Oldest Evidence of Poison Use in Hunting

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By Marlize Lombard
| AllAfrica
The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a tomb at the Naga ed Der archaeological site. New evidence from southern Africa is challenging this. New research has found poison on stone arrow tips from South Africa dating to 60,000 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence for hunting with poisoned arrows.
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Descubren el veneno de flecha más antiguo del mundo: de una planta y de hace 60.000 años

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By Raquel Sáez Verified, Marlize Lombard
| El Diario Verified
Investigadores de Sudáfrica y Suecia han identificado rastros del veneno de flecha más antiguo conocido hasta la fecha, localizado en las puntas de cuarzo de 60.000 años de antigüedad del Refugio Rocoso de Umhlatuzana (KwaZulu-Natal, Sudáfrica), según los resultados de una investigación publicada en la revista científica Science Advances.
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