If an alien civilization far more advanced than anything on Earth existed thousands of years ago, would they have embedded a piece of metal inside someone’s skull? That is, at least, what this looks ...

Although scientists are still unsure how the brain works, one thing's for sure: since the cromagnon days of man, mentally ill people have benefited from a good trepanation. For some reason, a crude ...

Scientists analyzed the skull of a medieval woman who once lived in central Italy and found evidence that she experienced at least two brain surgeries consistent with the practice of trepanation, ...

Trepanation—the technique of removing bone from the skull by scraping, sawing, drilling or chiseling—has long fascinated those interested in the darker side of medical history. One stock tale is that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The woman's skull shows clear traces of a large cross-shaped incision in the top, with a partially-healed oval of bone at the ...

You might think you need an extra hole in your head like… well, a hole in your head. But trepanation has been hailed as the “oldest surgery.” Medical professionals have long since abandoned the ...

The word trepanation refers to the old surgical practice of making a hole in someone's head to relive pressure. No, Trepanation Art Gallery doesn't feature that as one of its services, but the 3-month ...

People around the world in historical times practised trepanation: a crude surgical procedure that involves forming a hole in the skull of a living person by drilling, cutting or scraping away layers ...

Trepanation is a procedure which was done throughout human history. It involves removing a section of the skull and was often done on animals and humans. The first recorded proof of this was done on a ...

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