Watch how we turn ancient arrowheads into Wootz steel ingots. And then we forge a Viking Sax knife.
Researchers discover evidence that poison was used in weapons 60,000 years ago, revealing advanced planning and knowledge.
A new analysis of ancient arrowheads from South Africa pushes back prehistoric humans’ earliest use of poisoned weapons by more than 50,000 years. “This is the earliest direct evidence of the use of ...
Traces of plant poison on ancient African arrowheads provide the oldest direct evidence of poisoned weapons. Scientists have ...
Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by human hunters, archaeologists say in a new study. For long, ...
A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...
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Researchers find world’s oldest poisoned arrowheads coated with toxins from deadly, onion-like plant
The world’s oldest poisoned arrows – dating back 60,000 years – have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...
It’s the earliest-known case of enhancing hunting weapons with poison in the human historical record.
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