Everyday philosophy: A 75,000-year-old lesson for humanity
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75,000 years ago a Neanderthal died a violent death. A wooden spear thrust through his body from the front pierced his lungs and major arteries, and exited from his back, probably via his heart. The neat round hole in his well-preserved left scapula, unearthed in Iraqi Kurdistan, has set pre-historians speculating as to whether it is the earliest evidence of lethal interpersonal violence. Some have suggested this was a targeted heart shot made by an experienced killer.
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