Missing foot reveals world’s oldest amputation
Nature Podcast
Amputation Surgery - What Happened?
Aleo pathologists study diseases and injuries in long dead human and animal remains. Tim says that this patternt of unusual bony growth is different from what might be seen if the foot hd been lost as a result of something like an animal bite, say. The fact that any extra growth was seen on the leg bones at all shows that the person must have survived having their foot removed. Based on clinical comparison, a minimum of six to nine years of hailing has occurred.
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