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Everything we have in the modern-day had to start somewhere. And as we learn more about the ancient world, the origins of certain ideas become clearer. For example, a recently discovered ancient skull ...

An ancient skull found in a cave in Spain reveals evidence of ancient surgery attempts. The skull has a large dent that is partially healed, indicating an attempt at brain surgery that was halted. The ...

Ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome developed surgical techniques long before modern medicine existed.

Ancient India boasts a rich surgical legacy, predating modern medicine. The 'Sushruta Samhita,' over 2,000 years old, details ...

A skeleton discovered in a remote corner of Borneo rewrites the history of ancient medicine and proves amputation surgery was successfully carried out about 31,000 years ago, scientists said Wednesday ...

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Humans have been drilling holes into each others’ heads for thousands of years, and, surprisingly, we’ve actually been pretty good at it, even way back when. A re-analysis of a 5,000-year-old cow’s ...

New research from Adelphi University has revealed the first forensically-assessed archeological discovery of remains of a group of domineering mounted archer-lancers and their kin of the Eastern Roman ...

An ancient skull revealed evidence of the earliest-known ear surgery. The patient even survived this early surgery… for a little while. Everything we have in the modern-day had to start somewhere. And ...