World's earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo

  • Written by: Tim Ryan Maloney, Research fellow, Griffith University
World's earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in BorneoTim Maloney, Author provided

Modern medicine seems to advance with time thanks to research breakthroughs. Hence it’s often thought that further into the past, only simpler medical practices existed.

The medical expertise of foraging communities such as hunter-gatherers has been thought to be rudimentary and unchanging. It’s been argued...

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