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60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads Found in South Africa


Archaeologists have identified traces of two toxic plant alkaloids -- buphandrine and epibuphanisine -- on artifacts from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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