
Archaeologists found a Neanderthal shoulder blade with a leak injury in Shanidar Cave in Iraq.
(Image credit: University of Cambridge)
A Neanderthal who was buried 75,000 years earlier in Shanidar Cave in Iraq passed away from a wood spear directly through the chest, archaeologists have actually exposed.
While it’s difficult to understand precisely what took place, the violence might have been a targeted hit.
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Kristina Killgrove is a personnel author at Live Science with a concentrate on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her short articles have actually likewise appeared in locations such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss. Kristina holds a Ph.D. in biological sociology and an M.A. in classical archaeology from the University of North Carolina, along with a B.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia, and she was previously a university teacher and scientist. She has actually gotten awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association for her science composing.
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