What a 10,000-year-old massacre can tell us about the origins of human violence
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 22:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
On the banks of an ancient lagoon in Kenya, researchers have found evidence of what is thought to be the oldest massacre among hunter-gatherers. The skeletal remains of 12 adult victims discovered in Nataruk, near Lake Turkana, tell a grim story of merciless violence by one group of hunter-gatherers...