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Kristina Killgrove

An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam

A reconstructed human skull facing the viewer against a black background.

Around 12,000 years ago, a man was shot by an arrow with an exotic stone tip in what is now Vietnam. He survived the initial injury but likely succumbed to infection, a new analysis of his remains suggests.

The man's well-preserved skeleton may be the earliest evidence of violence in Southeast Asia, the study authors claim, although some researchers say more evidence is needed to make that conclusion.

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