3,000-year-old skeleton missing a hand and a leg is world s oldest shark attack victim CNET 5 hrs ago Leslie Katz © Provided by CNET It wasn t until years after Tsukumo No. 24 s excavation that a cause of death was finally assigned. Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Kyoto University
Scientists have solved the mystery of a prehistoric man s grisly death. After methodically studying his multiple violent injuries, they say a shark is to blame, and they ve reconstructed the attack in stunning detail. He most likely lost his right leg and left hand in the attack, and his wounds would have been fatal as they totaled at least 790 tooth marks that reached to the bone, the Oxford-led researchers say in a study published Wednesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Although numerous blood vessels and organs would have been impacted, it is likely that at least his larger lower limb arteries would have been severed early in the attack. Thi
3,000-year-old skeleton missing a hand and a leg is world s oldest shark attack victim
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