First of all the scientists had to decide if the injury was pre-, peri-, or post-mortem—that is, did the injury happen before death, was it the cause of death, or did the breakage happen after the person was dead?
As mentioned in the introduction, phosphate miners in Romania unearthed a fractured skull. No more context than this was provided. More recently, a group of scientists decided to apply modern forensic techniques to the skull. First of all the scientists had to decide if the injury was pre-, peri-, or post-mortem—that is, did the injury happen before death, was it the cause of death, or did the breakage happen after the person was dead?