12,000-Year-Old Skeleton in Vietnam Shows Early Evidence of Human Violence
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A 12,000-year-old skeleton from Vietnam shows evidence of being shot with an exotic quartz arrow, likely causing an infection that led to death, possibly indicating interpersonal violence during the Paleolithic era.
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