The skull of the Paleolithic man shows a large depressed fracture.
KRANOTI ET AL, 2019
Two head wounds on the fossilized skull of Paleolithic man suggest he died from the trauma, perhaps in a violent fight with another person, researchers reported in PLOS One on July 3. The skull was found in a cave in South Transylvania in 1941 and dates back about 33,000 years ago.
E.F. Kranioti et al., “State of the art forensic techniques reveal evidence of interpersonal violence ca. 30,000 years ago,” PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216718, 2019
Chia-Yi Hou is an intern at The Scientist. Email her at chou@the-scientist.com.
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