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

CT-scan thin section through the centre of the bovid femur. The three bone arrowhead fragments and poison substance are visible. CT rendering and image segmentation: Dr Aliénor Duhamel, CC BY-NC-ND 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 […]

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