**75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skeleton Reveals a Mysterious Spear Wound Aimed at the Heart**
By University of Cambridge - Published on 21 October 2026
A Neanderthal’s fatal wound points to a possible spear attack aimed at the heart, offering a rare glimpse of prehistoric violence. A small, round hole in a Neanderthal’s shoulder blade suggests a wooden spear pierced the chest about 75,000 years ago. The remains, found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, may preserve the earliest known [...]
Read more: https://scitechdaily.com/75000-year-old-neanderthal-skeleton-reveals-a-mysterious-spear-wound-aimed-at-the-heart/
#Neanderthal #Archaeology #Paleontology #Prehistory #Anthropology #Science #Anthropology #Archaeology
scitechdaily / SciTechDaily 🤖
npub1le…rzm08
2026-10-21 00:28:51 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1learnlfye6a5e7dkwyhjqll4nhvlcdqf422axn30yr2yfxnfj90sxrzm08Seen on
wss://relay.damus.ioPublished at
2026-10-21 00:28:51 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "050e6c5ca3944738eeb145476a0915c810dbcd69543434d030643da926daf94a",
"pubkey": "fe7a39fd24cebb4cf9b6712f207ff59dd9fc3409aa95d34e2f20d4449a69915f",
"created_at": 1792542531,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [],
"content": "**75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skeleton Reveals a Mysterious Spear Wound Aimed at the Heart**\n\nBy University of Cambridge - Published on 21 October 2026\n\nA Neanderthal’s fatal wound points to a possible spear attack aimed at the heart, offering a rare glimpse of prehistoric violence. A small, round hole in a Neanderthal’s shoulder blade suggests a wooden spear pierced the chest about 75,000 years ago. The remains, found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, may preserve the earliest known [...]\n\nRead more: https://scitechdaily.com/75000-year-old-neanderthal-skeleton-reveals-a-mysterious-spear-wound-aimed-at-the-heart/\n\n#Neanderthal #Archaeology #Paleontology #Prehistory #Anthropology #Science #Anthropology #Archaeology",
"sig": "f121a1050874747b231c8a807138741b124f57c3e2fb881cf443f7734f64107418f32648e9adf13720ce41cc1286b1f2b2024d033ee557a4953a2b41bee1cdae"
}