One of the oldest known healed sharp-force injuries turned up at Qafzeh Cave, Israel: Qafzeh 25 had a stone-tool wound to the lower jaw about 90,000–100,000 years ago—and survived, as the bone had healed. A separate skull from Spain’s 430,000-year-old Sima de los Huesos site bears blows consistent with a possible lethal assault, suggesting violence among our ancestors is startlingly ancient. 🗡️🦴
Healed stone-tool jaw wound found at Qafzeh Cave, ~100,000 years ago
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Key facts
- The individual is Qafzeh 25, from Qafzeh Cave in Israel, and the sharp-force lesion affected the left mandible.
- The injury was not perimortem: bone had healed, showing that Qafzeh 25 survived the wound.
- Separately, a skull from the 430,000-year-old Sima de los Huesos site in Spain bears blows consistent with a possible lethal assault.
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90000-year-old Homo sapiens jaw wound points to ...archaeologymag.com
A new study of a human fossil from Qafzeh Cave in Israel has identified one of the oldest known healed injuries caused by a sharp object.
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Not only did Qafzeh-25 suffer that blow to the jaw that affected its left mandible and third premolar, the archaeologists add. Their work ...
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Qafzeh Cave is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel. Qafzeh Cave ... trauma or disease that might have led to their premature deaths. One child ...
Oldest known violence-related injury identified in Israel on ...deultimominuto.net
A lesion consistent with sharp-force trauma on the jaw of the Qafzeh 25 fossil, found in the Qafzeh cave in Israel, points to a possible episode
Roughly 100000 Years Ago, This Man Got Stabbed in the ...smithsonianmag.com
Now, scientists have discovered that one of the early humans buried at the site was stabbed in the face with a sharp stone tool, probably the ...
A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its ...carta.anthropogeny.org
In this study, we present new evidence of sharp-force trauma in the individual Qafzeh-25. revealed a linear lesion affecting the left mandible ...
Ancient jaw wound reveals possible violence in Homo ...phys.org
Close-up of a sharp-force injury on the mandible of Qafzeh 25. Credit: Ana Pantoja et al. Funerary behavior. The research also includes a ...
(PDF) A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its ...researchgate.net
In this study, we present new evidence of sharp-force trauma in the individual Qafzeh-25. revealed a linear lesion affecting the left mandible ...
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