Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...

Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...

When skin touches poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac plants, the oils from the plant can cause a rash. This rash can be very uncomfortable, itchy and unsightly. The medical name for this rash is ...

LAGRANGE — A friend came down with a bad case of poison ivy two weeks ago. She had not been directly in the weed patch, but her dog had rubbed up against the ivy during a walk and the oils had ...

You may have managed to dodge the dreaded rashes often associated with poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not allergic. While it’s true that a percentage ...

Nothing puts a damper on spending time in your yard like realizing you, your kids, or your pets have stumbled into a patch of poison oak. For people (and animals) who are allergic to the oils secreted ...