Shanidar CaveA spear killed a Neanderthal 75,000 years ago.
If intentional, it is one of the earliest direct examples of violence between hominins.
A puncture in the shoulder blade shows a sharpened wooden spear entered through the chest and heart, exiting toward the back.
Researchers cannot tell whether another Neanderthal, a Homo sapiens or a hunting accident caused the wound.
A partly healed face injury shows kin cared for Shanidar A before the fatal wound.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media
- reconstructs Shanidar A's death from the spear lodged in the shoulder blade and the earlier face injury, and the kin's burial
Sources: 404 Media