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Jan 8 • 12:40 UTC • 🇪🇸 Spain • elDiario.es

Discovery of the World's Oldest Arrow Poison: From a Plant and 60,000 Years Ago

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have identified traces of the oldest known arrow poison, found in 60,000-year-old quartz tips from the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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