Amputation Found to be Elite Punishment in 550 BC
A team of researchers recently completed a study into the origins of two ancient skeletons from China that were both missing parts of their lower leg at the time they were buried. Based on extensive analysis of these human remains, the researchers concluded …
Ancient people may have possessed high levels of medical ability
The bone was cut very cleanly, showing that ancient people in Indonesia had undergone amputation surgery. (Source: CNN) Archaeologists have just found in a shallow grave, located in a rarely visited cave in Indonesia, the remains of a young person…