On the waterfront in Kenya, scientists have discovered traces of the oldest battles in history: the remains of 27 people with signs of violent death. Hunters and gatherers were killed with arrows, clubs and stone blades, according to Reuters. Scientists came to an unexpected conclusion: the war became part of humanity much earlier than anticipated.

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On the waterfront in Kenya, scientists have discovered traces of the oldest battles in history: the remains of 27 people with signs of violent death. Hunters and gatherers were killed with arrows, clubs and stone blades, according to Reuters. Scientists came to an unexpected conclusion: the war became part of humanity much earlier than anticipated.

Many researchers believed that humans started to fight only when the first sedentary settlements. But not at the time of the nomadic lifestyle of ancient people. The discovery in Kenya of a surprise. She suggests that a tribe of hunters and gatherers were subjected to organized attack by raiders. They decided to deprive the nomads of their resources in the form of water, dried meat and fish, and maybe even women and children.

On the battlefield, scientists have discovered the skeleton of 21 adults and six children remains under the age of six. In the skull of one man found the sharp blade of volcanic glass. On the other skull found two wounds from blows to the head.

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