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Ancient hunters utilized poisoned arrowheads to kill dinner

Sixty-thousand years ago in South Africa, hunters utilized one herb – not to flavor their meat – but to dip stone arrowheads into as a slow-working poison.

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Ancient hunters utilized poisoned arrowheads to kill dinner

Sixty-thousand years ago in South Africa, hunters utilized one herb – not to flavor their meat – but to dip stone arrowheads into as a slow-working poison.

·Billings, United States
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Researchers have found 60,000-year-old poison on arrowheads in South Africa. Hear the Lnu professor tell us how it happened – and how Carl von Linné's disciples played a crucial role in the new find.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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svt Nyheter broke the news in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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