Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison - Peer2Peer

Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison

Jan 23, 2025

In 1983, archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads had been placed into the marrow cavity.

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-south-africa-oldest-evidence.html

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