The bone cylinder, approximately 7 cm (3 in) in length, was intentionally worked at both ends and sealed with a plug of birch ...
Deliberately hollowed out and plugged with birch tar, the bone – originally from a sheep or goat – was found to contain a large number of seeds of a plant called black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).
Researchers find the oldest multi-component hunting poison on arrowheads inside a 7,000-year-old antelope bone.
In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified ...
“The sensitivity of these bone precursor cells to mechanical stimuli is maintained on these unusual scaffolds, which is a good thing for taking the next steps towards potential therapies,” Pelling ...
But, finally, we did it." They concluded that bone powder was likely ground up and cooked together with various wild plants, including acorns and Job's tears. This was particularly interesting ...