100,000-Year-Old Facial Wound Reveals Earliest Healed Violence in Homo Sapiens

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A 100,000-year-old skull from Qafzeh Cave in Israel preserves what may be the earliest healed facial injury from violence in Homo sapiens, offering new insights into prehistoric conflict and survival.

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