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125,000-year-old poisoned stone points discovered on shore of ancient lake in Saudi Arabia

Archaeologists have discovered thousands of stone artifacts in Saudi Arabia, some of which suggest people were using poison-tipped stone tools to hunt large game 125,000 years ago.

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