60,000 years ago humans were already using poisoned arrows

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Feb 12, 2026, 11:01 pm110 pts
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 evidence of arrow poison ever identified. The find reveals…

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