Tuesday, 22 September 2026

A Man Took a Stone Blade to the Face 100,000 Years Ago and Lived to Tell the Tale

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A Man Took a Stone Blade to the Face 100,000 Years Ago and Lived to Tell the Tale

“Archaeologists have identified one of the oldest known examples of interpersonal violence after discovering a 100,000-year-old skull with evidence of a stone blade injury. The individual survived the trauma, as indicated by signs of healing on the bone.”

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