12,000-Year-Old Skeletons Reveal Early Violence in Southeast Asia
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Scientists discovered a 12,000-year-old human skeleton in Vietnam with a quartz projectile injury, possibly indicating early conflict among hunter-gatherers, and the find includes the oldest mitochondrial DNA from the region, offering rare insights into early human life and violence.
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