A round hole in the shoulder blade (scapula) of a Neanderthal whose partial remains were unearthed in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may be the earliest known example of lethal interpersonal violence with a wooden spear in the hominin fossil record.

Adult excavated in an Iraqi Kurdistan cave died more than 70,000 years ago and bears ‘kill shot’ shoulder wound

The left scapula of Shanidar A. (University of Cambridge) When the end came, it must have been very painful. In a moment of violence roughly 75,000 years ago, something sharp pierced the body of the victim,

It could be the earliest known example of “lethal interpersonal violence” with a sharpened wooden spear in the fossil record. The post Study finds 75,000-year-old Neanderthal may be earliest known spear killing appeared first on Talker.

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