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Identification of 7000-year-old #arrow #poison in Kruger Cave, South #Africa.

'This is the oldest unequivocal complex hunting poison recipe yet identified, notwithstanding the many chemically unsupported assertions of older examples. Furthermore, the identification of ricinoleic acid points to the possibility of ricin as a third toxin, and lends credence to the 2012 interpretation of this compound’s presence on a 24 000-year-old wooden applicator at Border Cave, South Africa'

#huntergatherers

cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25

A wolf in sheep’s clothing: why Africa should shun carbon markets

I tried to understand the carbon credits that we talk about every day on the news. I came across this article from last year and found it well written.

climatechangenews.com/2023/09/…

Climate Home News · Africa Carbon Markets Initiative: A Wolf in Sheep's ClothingTurning Africa, into a source of carbon credits, as proposed by the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative, will benefit polluters and middlemen