A remarkable discovery had been made during the construction of a new powerline in Germany, after a dig uncovered a ten-grave ...

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This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.

In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

The latest discovery is the oldest confirmed use of a combination of two or more plant toxins applied to arrowheads.

In 1983, researchers found an antelope femur in Kruger Cave, South Africa. This femur, 7,000 years old, contained arrowheads ...

Yr-Old Bone Arrows Tipped With Poison Stuns Researchers, Possibly World's Oldest Poisoned Arrow Researchers have possibly ...

Researchers have claimed they have found one of the world's oldest mixed poisons in the world, dating back an incredible ...

Researchers find the oldest multi-component hunting poison on arrowheads inside a 7,000-year-old antelope bone.

A small sample of the material was taken and its chemical constituents were analysed. The chemistry results revealed the presence of two toxic cardiac glycosides (which disrupt the functioning of the ...

The chemistry results revealed the presence of two toxic cardiac glycosides (which disrupt the functioning of the heart muscle): digitoxin and strophanthidin. Both are known to have been used ...