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Bronze Age 5-year-old's skull found in Uzbekistan is the oldest known evidence of surgery in Central Asia

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A child's 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in Central Asia on record.

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The bodies of two children, three and five years old, lay next to each other in the ancient city of Djarkutan (Uzbekistan).They belonged to the civilization of the Oxus River, a culture that dominated the heart of Central Asia, extending to the shores of the Persian Gulf, between the third and second millennium before Christ.Continue reading...

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Live Science broke the news in New York, United States on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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