# 125,000-year-old poisoned stone points discovered on shore of ancient lake in Saudi Arabia

Source: [Latest from Live Science in Archaeology](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/middle-east/125-000-year-old-poisoned-stone-points-discovered-on-shore-of-ancient-lake-in-saudi-arabia) · 2026-11-12 · Life
Page: https://themorning.science/story/125-000-year-old-poisoned-stone-points-discovered-on-shore-of-ancient-lake-in-sa-88bbac07db34ae5e
Kind: research · Impact: medium

## In brief

- A new study reports that people living in Arabia about 125,000 years ago used composite hunting weapons and plant-fiber processing.
- The study suggests they may also have used poison-assisted hunting, with the stone tools likely used to hunt large animals.
- Live Science reports chemical residue from a poisonous tree on stone points at a 125,000-year-old lakeshore site in Saudi Arabia, possibly the world's oldest poisoned weapons.

## Why it matters

If confirmed, the findings indicate that people in Arabia during this period had complex, multi-step hunting and processing technologies, which bears on how early human populations used resources around freshwater lakes.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12: Study on poisoned hunting weapons and complex technologies in Arabia 125,000 years ago reported

## Coverage

- [Chemical traces hint at poisoned hunting weapons in Arabia 125,000 years ago](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-chemical-hint-poisoned-weapons-arabia.html) — Science News - Mathematics, Economics, Archaeology, Fossils, 2026-11-12
- [125,000-year-old poisoned stone points discovered on shore of ancient lake in Saudi Arabia](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/middle-east/125-000-year-old-poisoned-stone-points-discovered-on-shore-of-ancient-lake-in-saudi-arabia) — Latest from Live Science in Archaeology, 2026-11-12

Tags: archaeology, prehistory, arabia, hunting-technology, paleolithic

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