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12,000-Year-Old Skeleton in Vietnam Shows Early Evidence of Human Violence

Originally Published 4 months ago — by Live Science

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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Ancient Cannibalism Evidence Revealed in Spanish Cave Discoveries

Originally Published 5 months ago — by Live Science

A study suggests that a Neolithic family in Spain was massacred, skinned, cooked, and eaten around 5,600 years ago, with evidence pointing to warfare cannibalism likely caused by intergroup conflict during the final phase of the Neolithic occupation of the El Mirador cave.

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