Since its discovery in the 1960s, the Jebel Sahaba cemetery (Nile
Valley, Sudan), 13 millennia old, was considered to be one of the
oldest testimonies to prehistoric warfare. However, scientists from
the CNRS and the University of Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (1) have
re-analysed the bones preserved in the British Museum (London) and
re-evaluated their archaeological context. The results, published in
Scientific Reports on May 27, 2021, show that it was not a single
armed conflict but rather a succession of violent episodes, probably
exacerbated by climate change.

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