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  • Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago

    06/01/2025 11:59:03 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 8 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | May 23, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    Evidence of human violence towards other humans during the Paleolithic period is rarely seen in the archaeological record. According to a Live Science report, however, one such case occurred around 17,000 years ago in what is today northern Italy. In 1973, archaeologists uncovered in the Riparo Tagliente rock shelter the partial skeletal remains of a man, known as Tagliente 1, who they determined had died in his 20s.Although the reasons were not readily apparent at the time, recent reanalysis of his bones suggests he may have been the victim of a bloody ambush. Electron microscope scanning and 3D imaging revealed...