A hundred thousand years ago, in the ancient Levant, a human being was stabbed in the face — and the bone remembers. Analysis of a Homo sapiens skull from one of the earliest known burial sites has revealed a deliberate puncture wound, pushing the documented record of interpersonal violence deeper into our prehistory than ever confirmed before. What makes this discovery quietly profound is not only the wound itself, but what surrounds it: this person was buried, mourned, and preserved by their community — suggesting that the capacity for organized care and the capacity for lethal harm have alw
100,000-year-old fossil reveals earliest evidence of stabbing in human history
One individual suffered a fatal or severe facial stab wound approximately 100,000 years ago, representing documented interpersonal violence in early human populations.
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