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.
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