12,000-Year-Old Skeletons Reveal Early Violence in Southeast Asia
TL;DR
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.
- Ice age skeleton with broken neck bone provides rare glimpse into the lives of ancient hunter-gatherers CNN
- An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam Live Science
- A fractured rib on a 12,000-year-old skeleton provides insights into violence in ancient Vietnam Phys.org
- Earliest evidence of interpersonal violence: quartz projectile killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam Archaeology News Online Magazine
- A 12,000-Year-Old Skeleton With a Hidden Quartz Arrowhead in Vietnam May Be the Earliest Evidence of Violence in Southeast Asia ZME Science
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