Prehistoric Surgery: Skull Operations Technically Superior To Our Own

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric cultures often benefited from the knowledge of unknown very advanced technologically civilizations they co-existed with.

A number of discoveries made around the world indicate that sophisticated surgeries was very often performed in prehistoric times.
Impressive surgical achievements were recorded in several parts of the world and revealed extraordinary skills in head surgery.

Prehistoric Surgery: Skull Operations Technically Superior To Our Own

Trepanation is considered the oldest surgical procedure supported by archaeological evidence.
Zawi Chemi Shanidar, a unique archaeological site situated in the Zagros Mountains, northern Iraq, was inhabited approximately between 10,000-9,000 BC and many artifacts such as such as the chipped stone tools, notched blades, scrapers, bored stone spheres, small quantities of raw copper along with pits and pavements have been found at the site.

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