Earliest Animal Cranial Surgery: from Cow to Man in the Neolithic
Earliest Animal Cranial Surgery: from Cow to Man in the Neolithic
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The earliest cranial surgery (trepanation) has been attested since the Mesolithic period. The meaning of such a practice remains elusive but it is evident that, even in prehistoric times, humans from this period and from the Neolithic period had already achieved a high degree of mastery of surgical techniques practiced on bones. How such mastery wa...
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Earliest Animal Cranial Surgery: from Cow to Man in the Neolithic
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5908843
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-018-23914-1
