Researchers find world’s oldest poisoned arrowheads coated with toxins from deadly, onion-like plant

The world’s oldest poisoned arrows – dating back 60,000 years – have been identified. The discovery reveals early advanced ...

World's oldest poisoned arrowheads were coated with toxins from deadly onion-like plant, researchers say

The world's oldest poisoned arrows, dating back 60,000 years in South Africa, have been identified by archaeologists. The ...

World’s Oldest Arrow Poison Discovered on 60,000-Year-Old Stone Age Weapons

Traces of plant poison on ancient African arrowheads provide the oldest direct evidence of poisoned weapons. Scientists have ...

In California, a 'super bloom' of death caps sparks mushroom poisoning outbreak

This winter, California is seeing the largest outbreak of mushroom poisonings in at least the past three decades. In a ...