Sleeping arrow end in a human rib, found on the Roca Site of Les Orenets, Spain
A 4,000 -year -old human rib was discovered in the Spanish part of the pyrenees. He had kept the tip of an arrow. Reports a violent attack and a rare case of survival.
A 4000 -year -old human rib was discovered at the top of the pyrenees. It’s someone who survived the violent arrow attack.
In a study in American Journal of Biological Anthropology In 2024, a group of archaeologists detailed the analysis of the recovered human skeletons from Gruta Roc de Les Oretes, in the northeast of Spain.
Now, one released last week by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) revealed that brutal trauma was not lethal. The individual survived, with the bone to heal around the projectile, which means that lived the rest of his life with the tattoo -arrow end in the rib.
As it refers to, the excavations are taking place in Les Orenets Roc in the Catalan Pyrenees, since 2019.
Led by Carlos Torneroarchaeologist at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, excavations at the cave site have produced over a thousand human bones so far, and carbon dating puts burials at about 4,100 to 4,500 years ago.
In the 2024 study, the researchers determined that at least 51 people of various ages and both sexes were buried in the Roc Roca of Les Orentes. At least six people were involved in deadly struggles.
But The man with the arrow on his rib.
The wounds identified in this previous analysis were mostly in the upper body, particularly in the upper limbs and ribs, and different weapons and raw materials appear to have been used to inflict the injuries. In one case, a person’s forearm was amputated.
“This evidence represents a recurrent violent behavior And evidence of interpersonal violence located at the highest altitude of the Pyrenees ” – 1,836 meters above sea level,” wrote the researchers, quoted by Live Science.
Even under the most adverse geographical conditions, small -scale conflicts arose clearly and resulted in injuries and deathobserved.
