traces

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Scientists have detected traces of plant-based poison on Stone Age arrowheads from South Africa, marking the oldest confirmed use of arrow poison ever identified.

From Science Daily

When she filed a complaint a year later, in April 2021, investigators were able to identify genetic traces of four people on the clothes.

From Barron's

The Co-op traces its roots back to 1844 when the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers set up a store to offer quality food at fair prices to working-class neighbourhoods in industrial towns.

From BBC

Every organism alive today traces its lineage back to a single shared ancestor that lived about four billion years ago.

From Science Daily

The indicator traces back to something called the High Low Logic Index, which market researcher Norman Fosback devised in the 1970s.

From MarketWatch