PLoS One April 2016 PMID 26018668

Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene.

Nohemi Sala, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Adrián Pablos, Ignacio Martínez, Rolf M Quam, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell

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Abstract in brief

  • The text presents the earliest evidence of lethal interpersonal violence in ancient human fossils, specifically from Cranium 17 at the Sima de los Huesos site, which shows two blunt force trauma fractures on the frontal bone.
  • The similarities in the shape, size, and orientation of the injuries indicate they were likely caused by the same object during a face-to-face conflict.
  • This evidence suggests that lethal violence was an intentional behavior in early humans, potentially influencing how bodies accumulated at the site.

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@juandertal I had to look this up: is this the paper? Very interesting, though it doesn't really talk about the murder weapon. https://t.co/rmJLPjM9JN

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@aleixrenye @elcasocat Les restes de Cr-17 són en mans de la Junta de Castilla y León. https://t.co/8ZyfCayLRf

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Lethal Interpersonal Violence in the Middle Pleistocene | PLOS ONE https://t.co/GMVimwfZym

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@zacharycmarlow https://t.co/5nx8Izpxou There was no golden age.

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Ausarchosaur
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@juandertal I had to look this up: is this the paper? Very interesting, though it doesn't really talk about the murder weapon. https://t.co/rmJLPjM9JN

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