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A 5,000-year-old skull reveals one of the earliest medical...

One of the most striking testimonies to early medical knowledge in Anatolia is now on display at the Samsun Museum. Dating back nearly 5,000 years, a human skull bearing clear evidence of surgical intervention is considered among the earliest known examples of cranial surgery in human history. What makes this discovery exceptional is not only the operation itself, but scientific indications suggesting that the individual survived the procedure f…
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Signs of the Times broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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