Ancient Poisoned Weapons Unearthed in Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History—What Secrets Do They Hold?
“This site helps us understand what people did in those environments, from making hunting weapons to processing plants and animals,” study co-author Michael Petraglia said in a statement.
According to the researchers, it’s rare to find a Paleolithic site that includes this amount of remains from hunted animals, processed plant material, and stone tools. Thus, the finds at ‘Uruq Aljelibah are giving researchers an exciting opportunity to reconstruct what life was like for early humans in the region as far back as 125,000 years ago.
This newly-unearthed evidence demonstrates yet again that even archaeologists and historians often underestimate the complexity of early human tools and technologies.
“These weren’t just people knocking stone flakes off cores,” Clarkson told Live Science. “They were combining stone with wood, plant fibers, resins and potentially toxic substances to make complex tools and weapons.”
After reading about what could be the oldest poison weapons ever discovered, look through these 25 photos of Hegra, the ancient city that sat untouched in the Arabian Desert for 2,000 years. Then, learn the history of Locusta of Gaul, the Roman Empire’s resident poison expert.
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