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Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirms
Microscopic and 3D analyses of 'Il Principe' reveal he survived a bear attack for up to three days before dying from severe trauma, researchers said.
- Researchers concluded that the Upper Paleolithic teenage burial from Arene Candide cave was caused by a bear attack.
- Imaging and 3D models showed claw-swipe morphology, tooth-shaped depressions, and a linear mark 0.4 inches on the skull, as revealed by microscopic imaging.
- Microscopy indicates the adolescent survived up to three days and received an elaborate burial with a shell headdress, deer canines, ivory pendants, red ocher, and a flint blade imported from southern France.
- The publication notes that the research team reported the teenager died likely from secondary brain injury, internal hemorrhage, or multiple organ failure, after a bear attack.
- The team plans to continue research and may pursue tests such as an amelogenin analysis or genetic studies, using destructive methods sparingly, now that permission to remove bones was recently obtained.
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Research reveals Ice Age ‘Prince’ mauled by bear
The adolescent, thought to have been 15–16 years old, was discovered in a cave in Liguria, Italy, in 1942.
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Stone Age teen buried in Italy died after bear attack 28,000 years ago, new forensic study finds
Researchers have identified a fatal bear mauling as the cause of death for a Gravettian teenager buried about 28,000 years ago in Arene Candide Cave in Liguria, Italy. The individual, long known as Il Principe due to the richness of his grave, was excavated in 1942. Early observers noted severe damage to the jaw and […]
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