Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine

Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine

Photograph (left) and 3D surface model (right) showing the locations of lesions on Tagliente 1's left tibia RIPARO TAGLIENTE, ITALY—Evidence of human violence towards other humans during the Paleolithic period is rarely seen in the archaeological record. According to a Live Science report, however, one such case occurred around 17,000 years ago in what is today northern Italy. In 1973, archaeologists uncovered in the Riparo Tagliente rock shelte…