Was Neurosurgery being pioneered over 10,000 years ago?

🟡 Donate to the GÖBEKLI TEPE to STONEHENGE PROJECT here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prehistoryguys 🔴 Become a PATREON member here: https://www.patreon.com/theprehistoryguys Thanks to an article published in IFLScience in July https://www.iflscience.com/neolithic-europeans-walked-around-with-55-centimeter-holes-in-their-skulls-75070 a whole new world of hurt was revealed to us learning just how extensive and sophisticated the practise of trepanation was and how deep in time it goes. Papers reference are here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878875024011823 and here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222682909_The_antiquity_of_cranial_surgery_in_Europe_and_in_the_Mediterranean_basin 00:00 - Introduction 02:16 - Reading from source article I 03:33 - Trepanation or trephination? 05:21 - Reading from source article II 08:59 - Aesthetics? Antibiotics? 10:11 - Reading from source article III 11:41 - Five methods of trepanation 14:29 - The deeper chronological & geographical spread of trepanation. 16:10 - Evidence from North Africa 17:11 - Evidence from Iraq 17:41 - Evidence from Ukraine 18:30 - Practising on animals? 19:41 - A sophisticated procedure baked into the culture 24:05 - A rapid response team? 26:22 - Wrapping up & goodbyes WEBSITE: https://theprehistoryguys.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprehistoryguys/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/prehistoryguys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prehistoryguys