South Africa

World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrowheads Date Back 60,000 Years, Show Hunters’ Knowledge of Toxins

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World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrowheads Date Back 60,000 Years, Show Hunters’ Knowledge of Toxins

Both sides of the discovered arrowhead – credit, Marlize Lombard / SWNS Scientists identified traces of a poison from the South African plant gifbol on Stone Age arrowheads dating back 60,000 years, making it the oldest known arrow poison discovered anywhere in the world. The researchers say the find shows that people in southern Africa … Read more

Expensive Cystic Fibrosis Drug Now Within Reach After Dramatic Price Drop of New Generic Version

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Expensive Cystic Fibrosis Drug Now Within Reach After Dramatic Price Drop of New Generic Version

– credit, National Cancer Institute A Bangladeshi pharma company will soon release a generic version of an expensive drug for cystic fibrosis that will allow hundreds of patients worldwide to access treatment. The only pharmaceutical option available for cystic fibrosis has for years been a combination treatment called ETI (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) priced between $300,000 and $370,000. … Read more

Western South Africa Sees Leopards Returning to Ancestral Habitat After 170 Years

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Western South Africa Sees Leopards Returning to Ancestral Habitat After 170 Years

A camera trap photo of the leopard – supplied by SANparks For an astonishing 170 years, there hasn’t been a leopard sighting on the western coast of South Africa. That recently changed when South Africa National Parks (SANparks) published a camera trap photograph of a leopard in West Coast NP, showing how the elusive predator … Read more