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 ...

A photo posted to Facebook by the Secrets Of The Ice research group shows a member of the team holding an arrow that is thought to be around 1,500 years old. The arrow has been... A photo posted ...

A tool dating back around 1,300 years that's believed to have been used for hunting was found on the surface of glacial ice in Norway on Wednesday. The artifact was discovered on the Lendbreen ice ...

Our research, published in iScience, has revealed that the femur's contents are arguably the oldest multi-component arrow poison in the world. It's a complex recipe combining at least two toxic ...

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 ...