Fatal Neanderthal wound may be earliest evidence of a wooden spear attack on a human ancestor

October 15, 2026 · 3:00 pm 1 sources

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• Fatal Neanderthal wound may be earliest evidence of a wooden spear attack on a human ancestor
  Phys.org · October 15, 2026 15:00
  A round hole in the shoulder blade (scapula) of a Neanderthal whose partial remains were unearthed in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may be the earliest known example of lethal interpersonal violence with a wooden spear in the hominin fossil record.