Earliest evidence of human ancestor killed with wooden spear found in Iraqi cave
The National · 15 Oct 2026

Earliest evidence of human ancestor killed with wooden spear found in Iraqi cave

Remains of a Neanderthal found in an Iraqi-Kurdistan cave reveal he died a violent death after more than a year of being cared for in agonising pain, a study has shown. The killing 75,000 years ago involved a sharpened wooden spear and may be the earliest example of lethal violence using such a weap


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