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1.8 Million Years Ago, Two Extinct Humans Had One Of The Gnarliest Deaths In History
Deep in the fossil collections of East African museums, two sets of ancient bones tell a story so brutal that it reads like something from a horror movie. Scientists examining these 1.8-million-year-old remains initially focused on their evolutionary significance—evidence of early toolmaking, upright walking, and cognitive development that helped define our human lineage. Then they…
