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    From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to sci.misc on Sun Jan 11 05:38:38 2026
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    From the -2smarter than we thought-+ department:
    Title: Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humansrCO technological talents
    Author:
    Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000
    Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00051-8

    Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00051-8[1] Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

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    [1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00051-8 (link)
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  • From JAB@here@is.invalid to sci.misc on Wed Jan 14 20:58:44 2026
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    On 11 Jan 2026 05:38:38 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
    wrote:

    From the smarter than we thought department:
    Title: Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans' technological talents

    I suspect more like monkey see, monkey do....humans then eating
    this/that would have seen deaths....and they knew their arrows by
    themselves were not good enough.

    Obtaining food was their main objective, and they had plenty of time
    to think about how to do it.
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