Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by human hunters, archaeologists say in a new study. For long, ...

60,000-year-old traces of arrow poison on quartz arrowheads have been found at the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of ...

A new study suggests a surprising and potentially game-changing approach to stopping malaria that involves turning human blood into a death sentence for mosquitos. The secret lies in an existing drug ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival. By Becky Ferreira Today it seems obvious: Dip a sharp object in a poisonous ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it could be a valuable new tool in the fight against disease. Female Anopheles ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of thousands of years earlier than previously known Researchers have found traces of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On August 12, 2014, a man arrived at a ...