Attack 10,000 years ago is earliest known act of warfare
Hunter-gatherers’ skeletons show signs of being shot by arrows, clubbed and maybe even bound
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WAR CASUALTY Scientists have found skeletal remains from the oldest known act of war. Between 9,500 and 10,500 years ago, members of one African hunter-gatherer group attacked and killed 12 people from another group. Among the victims was this man, whose head injuries suggest he was clubbed to death.
M.M. Lahr, Fabio Lahr