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Jan 7 • 19:01 UTC • 🇩🇪 Germany • SZ

History of Mankind: Stone Age People Already Used Poison Arrows

The earliest evidence of the use of poison arrows dates back 60,000 years, with people in southern Africa applying plant poison to stone arrowheads, likely derived from the Boophone disticha plant.

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