Bone artifacts suggest early adoption of poison-tipped arrow technology in Eastern Africa
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 15:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers studying bone artifacts have discovered in the Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, have found evidence to suggest that bone tools were used for hunting, and even as poison arrow tips. The findings suggest that bone technology was a central element to the Kuumbi Cave’s inhabitants over 13,000 years ago.