A hole in an ancient cow’s skull could have been surgery practice

People may have been testing surgical techniques before operating on humans

ancient cow skull

HOLEY COW  A section of bone missing from the right side of a more than 5,000-year-old cow skull (front and back views, shown) resulted from a surgical procedure, researchers say.  

F. Ramirez Rozzi

Ancient surgeons may have practiced dangerous skull-opening procedures on cows before operating on people.