Until now, 12,000-year-old wooden artifacts in Northern Europe were the earliest concrete evidence of bow-and-arrow technology on the continent. The stone points are the earliest evidence in ...

They added that "the identification of ricinoleic acid points to the possibility ... come in a recipe mixture like the arrow. "Although by no means the oldest use of poison, this is the earliest ...

Over 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric chemist concocted a poisonous potion, carefully applied it to the tip of an arrow, and placed it into a quiver made of a femur bone. Fast forward to 2025 and ...