Scientists find world's oldest evidence of a shark attack — and it isn't pretty

Scientists find world's oldest evidence of a shark attack — and it isn't pretty
In a new study from the University of Oxford, archeologists shared evidence of what could be the earliest known shark attack in recorded history — a 3,000-year-old human skeleton marked with gashes and puncture wounds.
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Posted: Jun 28, 2021 5:58 PM ET | Last Updated: June 28
The original excavation photograph of shark attack victim Number 24 from the 1920s.(Submitted by J. Alyssa White/Laboratory of Physical Anthropology/Kyoto University)

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