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Archaeologists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Evidence of Poison Arrows, Which Hunters Used to Slow Down Their Prey 60,000 Years Ago

26 August 2026 · South Africa · on reporting by Smithsonian Magazine

Five of ten quartz-backed microliths from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, near Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, yielded residues containing the toxic plant alkaloid buphanidrine; one also contained epibuphanisine.…

Dwellings Detected Near Monuments at Göbekli Tepe

26 August 2026 · Turkey · on reporting by Archaeology Magazine

Rectangular buildings that may have served as dwellings have been exposed in a newly opened excavation area north of Göbekli Tepe’s better-known monumental enclosures, about 15 kilometres northeast of Şanlıurfa in…