Earliest Evidence of Surgery Found in Stone Age Amputation
The earliest known evidence of a successful surgery was discovered in skeletal remains of a young adult who lived at least 31,000 years ago, according to a new report.
This individual, whose remains were discovered in the Liang Tebo cave, located in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, survived the amputation of their lower left leg just above the ankle most likely when they were a child, an estimated 6 to 9 years prior to their death. Evidence of the successful amputation was determined by the remodeled bone at the site of the amputation and the lack of evidence of infection, which suggests the use of unexpectedly advanced medical practices, reported Tim Ryan Maloney, PhD, of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, and co-authors.
The discovery predates what was considered to be the earliest evidence of surgery by tens of thousands of years, the team wrote in Nature.
I call BS....For all they know it could have been bit off by a Borneo crocodile, he got away, and the locals patched him up with some herbs or such.
The earliest known evidence of a successful surgery was discovered in skeletal remains of a young adult who lived at least 31,000 years ago, according to a new report.
This individual, whose remains were discovered in the Liang Tebo cave, located in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, survived the amputation of their lower left leg just above the ankle most likely when they were a child, an estimated 6 to 9 years prior to their death. Evidence of the successful amputation was determined by the remodeled bone at the site of the amputation and the lack of evidence of infection, which suggests the use of unexpectedly advanced medical practices, reported Tim Ryan Maloney, PhD, of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, and co-authors.
The discovery predates what was considered to be the earliest evidence of surgery by tens of thousands of years, the team wrote in Nature.
I call BS....For all they know it could have been bit off by a Borneo crocodile, he got away, and the locals patched him up with some herbs or such.
