Researchers continue to study the daily lives and ways of dying of early humans, and at this point their the geography they live in, their diet, physical structure, and most importantly, the remains of their bodies plays an important role in these studies.

5 old people whose deaths could be determined with different findings, unusual ways to die Let’s take a closer look at that.

The first of these is “Turkana boy (Homo ergaster)”.

Known to have lived in Africa about 1.5 million years ago, Turkana died at a young age, but scientists were able to decipher his death. in the first place bones in his skeleton examined and no trace of any predator was found.

The only thing that can be identified from Turkana, whose bones are all intact, they were quirks in the jawbone. One of her baby teeth was missing, which was a clear indication of a gum disease called “Gingivitis”. According to research, this person, who is known to have lived in Kenya, became infected with his illness and died, possibly from blood poisoning.

Another of the first people to die of gum disease is “Kabwe”.

It’s a visual representation

Kabwe lived about 400,000 years ago and suffered from gum disease, in addition to serious cavities. This person’s skull is affected by the jaw bone where the teeth are embedded. multiple dental cavities and abscesses he had.

What makes Kabwe so extraordinary as the boy from Turkana, old people rarely had oral and dental problems. Because until the beginning of agriculture about 10,000 years ago, the food of the first humans was very limited and the ability to eat sugar was very low.

A woman known as “KNM-ER 1808 (Homo ergaster)” suffered from vitamin A poisoning.

KNM-ER 1808, who died painfully about 1.7 million years ago, had an unusual bony swelling that covered his arm and leg bones. This abnormal condition of the woman whose skeleton was found in 1973, as it is today Vitamin A poisoning it was a sign.

Excessive consumption of vitamin A in the diet causes the tissues around the bone to bleed, rupture and form large clots. And then, like this woman bone tissue begins to grow abnormally.

While there are eggs, larvae and pupae in foods high in vitamin A; Analysis of the teeth of the KNM-ER 1808 shows that it mainly feeds on meat. So there is a very high chance that this person has been poisoned, from consuming the livers of carnivorous animals in large quantities was due.

Next is the “Taung boy” who is being hunted by an eagle.

Hunted by an eagle 2.3 million years ago, the Taung boy (Australopithecus africanus) was only three years old when it was attacked. The reason for this finding is was the presence of punctures on the boy’s skull. It is also known that these spurs are commonly seen in eagle hunts today.

In contrast, an unidentified young individual ate a meal from the leopard.

A Paranthropus fossil (SK 54), about 2 million years old, led to some interesting information about one of these ancient people. this person The upper part of the skull was pierced and had two small round holes. he had.

Surprisingly, these are holes precisely matched to the fangs of an ancient leopard species it was. According to estimates, this old human, thought to be in puberty, was caught and carried to a tree to be eaten by the leopard, and there he was eaten by the leopard.