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Stone Age humans had unexpectedly advanced medical knowledge, new discovery suggests
Stone Age humans had unexpectedly advanced medical knowledge, new discovery suggests,Human remains unearthed from a cave in Borneo belonged to a young man or woman whose foot and leg was carefully removed just above the ankle by a skilled prehistoric surgeon. The discovery upends our understanding of Stone Age medicine.

Stone Age humans had unexpectedly advanced medical knowledge, new discovery suggests

Human remains unearthed from a cave in Borneo belonged to a young man or woman whose foot and leg was carefully removed just above the ankle by a skilled prehistoric surgeon. The discovery upends our understanding of Stone Age medicine.