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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Stone Age Britons Often Died From Brutal Blows, Skull Survey Says


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The skull of a Stone Age teenager from Britain shows injuries likely inflicted by a blow to the head from a blunt object. A survey of 350 skulls from between 4000 and 3200 B.C. shows Britons living during this time period were more violent than previously believed.

Photograph courtesy Rick Schulting/Duckworth Laboratory, Cambridge University