11/10/2024 By mrbill
How could an ancient civilization, lacking the advanced medical tools and knowledge we possess today, perform surgery of such precision and complexity? This skull, unearthed on Peruvian land, has baffled experts, calling into question what we thought we knew about the capabilities of our ancestors. The warrior, a man with an elongated skull typical of the cultural practices of his time, suffered a traumatic wound in combat. In response, he underwent a surgical procedure as extraordinary as it is inexplicable to modern science: a metal plate was implanted in his skull.