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Evidence of First Ear Surgery
February 25 , 2022
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- A group of archaeologists has found the 5,300-year-old skull in a Spanish tomb,
- That shows possibly the oldest evidence of ear surgery.
- Researchers concluded in an article published in “Scientific Reports” that, this evidence point to a mastoidectomy.
- Mastoidectomy is a surgical procedure, that was performed to relieve the pain of the prehistoric individual, who may have suffered because of otitis media and mastoiditis.
