Stone-age surgeon's success story

A team of researchers from Australia and Indonesia have discovered the earliest known evidence of complex medicine among Stone Age societies. Analysis of skeletal remains indicates a successful amputation was carried out on a child 31,000 years ago - requiring intimate knowledge of anatomy and infection control.

Dr Tim Maloney and Andika Priyatno work at the site in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo Source: AAP / Tim Maloney/AP