33,000 years ago, a person died in a cave in what is now Romania.
33,000 years ago, a person died in a cave in what is now Romania. In 1941, phosphate miners discovered the fractured skull. And that was the full extent of knowledge about the find, before a scientist at the University of Crete applied a modern forensic analysis to the skull and labeled it Murder! (Scully, 2019). The application of modern forensic science to ancient crimes is termed Forensic Archaeology.