Stone-age surgeon's success story
Dr Tim Maloney and Andika Priyatno work at the site in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo Source: AAP / Tim Maloney/AP
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.
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