Evidence of the earliest ear surgery performed on a human was found by archaeologists in Spain in a skull that dates back to about 5,300 years. Researchers, including those from the University of ...

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The earliest evidence of ear surgery has been found on a 5,300-year-old skull taken from an ancient Spanish tomb, a new study reveals. The skull was found in a megalithic tomb known as the Dolmen of ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was discovered in the middle ear and mastoid during autopsies of patients with COVID-19, researchers found. Autopsies of two of three patients who died with ...

Archaeologists found a 5,300 year old skull, possibly from an elderly woman, that showed signs of early ear surgery. Scientific Reports Some 5,300 years ago, humans in what is now northern Spain cut ...