HomeTechnologySurgeons performed a successful...

Surgeons performed a successful amputation 31,000 years ago

Photo: Jose Garcia (Garciartist) and Griffith University

Archaeologists believe that the victim did not experience a serious infection because the doctor who performed the amputation understood how to keep the wound, surgical instruments and hands clean.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a young man buried 31,000 years ago in a cave called Liang Tebo. The plot is interesting because the left leg of this man ended a few centimeters above the ankle, and neatly made cuts. This was reported by ArsTechnica.

This is the oldest evidence of a surgical amputation ever found – and suggests the patient lived many years afterwards.

Experts note that the bones do not provide answers about a person’s biological sex (archaeologists call it Tebo 1). Since injuries for Neanderthals were a common fact of life of those times, you had to hunt to survive.

Although falling rocks or the jaws of a large animal can certainly dislodge a person’s leg, such an injury crushes or crushes the bone. It doesn’t leave neat, angular edges – the smooth-cut ends of the Tebo 1’s leg bones look like the work of sharp tools in skilled hands. The slices also show signs of healing, indicating that Tebo 1 lived six to nine years after losing his leg.

Based on other evidence from the skeleton, Griffith University archaeologist Tim Maloney and colleagues suggest that Tebo 1 was about 19 or 20 years old at the time of his death. This means that at the time of the operation, Tebo 1 must be a child between the ages of 10 and 14.

It was previously reported that a native of Scotland helped British scientists develop a test to detect Parkinson’s disease.

In Lvov, a woman with a rare diagnosis was saved with the help of a robot surgeon

News from Correspondent.net on Telegram. Subscribe to our channel Athletistic

Source: korrespondent

- A word from our sponsors -

Most Popular

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

More from Author

- A word from our sponsors -

Read Now

5 K-Pop songs that were inspired by books and movies

With Brazilian reference included; Meet 5 songs by K-Pop artists who had books, animations and movies like InspirationThat art inspires thousands of people around the world everyone knows. She, who with her particular meanings and detailed details, is able to sensitize and become a model for new...

What are the movies that make up the age of Disney’s shadows?

Find out what are the films released by Disney that were marked by the characteristics of the studio's shadows ageDo you know what was the age of Disney's shadows? Also called the Dark Era, it was obscure, the darkness and was bronze, this is the period marked...