Incidence and pattern of bear maul injuries in Kashmir

Rasool, Altaf; Wani, Abrar Ahad; Darzi, Mohammad Ashraf; Zaroo, Mohamad Inam; Iqbal, Shabir; Bashir, Shiekh Adil; Rashid, Shafaq; Lone, Reyaz Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2009.07.077

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“…The bear attack pattern is one of the best studied in forensic medicine (e.g., Rasool et al 2010). Bears tend to rear up on their hind legs and strike victims with their claws (Dhar et al 2008).…”

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“…Bears tend to rear up on their hind legs and strike victims with their claws (Dhar et al 2008). Biting the victim is also common, and a bear attack ends with different degrees of minor and major injuries, predominantly located in the upper half of the body (Dhar et al 2008;Rasool et al 2010;Agarwal et al 2011;Baliga et al 2012), especially in the head and face (Thakur et al 2007). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…As such, they present a scenario of mutual pressures between humans and wildlife that may be comparable to the relationships that existed between large carnivores and hominins during the Pleistocene. Fossil humans could have been involved in direct confrontation scenarios (dangerous encounters) with large carnivores similar to those seen today, which then have the potential to provide insight into hominin behavior and even inferences regarding social organization (e.g., Dhar et al 2008;Nabi et al 2009a, b;Rasool et al 2010).…”

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Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example

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Cueto

Lorenzo

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Interaction between hominins and carnivores has been common and constant through human evolution and generated mutual pressures similar to those present in worldwide modern human-carnivore conflicts. This current interaction is sometimes violent and can be reflected in permanent skeletal pathologies and other bone modifications. In the present paper, we carry out a survey of 124 forensic cases of dangerous human-carnivore encounters. The objective is to infer direct hominin-carnivore confrontation during the Pleistocene, which is important to understand behavioral changes during human evolution. In addition, the case of Neanderthals is analyzed in order to find evidence of past attacks using forensic observations. The results obtained pose that Neanderthals could potentially have been involved in dangerous encounters during the Pleistocene, validating our methodology to approach past attacks from a forensic perspective.

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Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example

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Lorenzo

et al. 2015

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…Bilateral avulsion is though rare with only a few cases reported in the literature (Razmjua et al 2009). The Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus or Selenarctos thibetanus) is a threatened animal in the Himalayan range and has occasional contact with humans causing bite injuries (Hayashi et al, 2003;Rasool et al, 2010). We report two cases of traumatic avulsion and bilateral eye loss.…”

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Traumatic avulsion and bilateral eye loss: report of two cases

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Background: The optic nerve and the globes are resistant to mild to moderate trauma and bilateral avulsion of the eyes is rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. Case: We report two cases of traumatic bilateral eye avulsion. The first case was secondary to a bear bite and was managed successfully, although the eyes were not salvageable whereas the second case which was due to physical assault expired due to associated severe head injury. Conclusion: Traumatic bilateral globe avulsion/loss is a rare complication of trauma. In developing countries like Nepal, poverty, forest encroachment activities, extensive deforestation, frequent domestic disturbances and lack of education are some of the circumstances that increase the probability of such visual injuries.

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“…The facial bones (27.09%) were commonly involved, followed by the skull (5.75%). Predominance of zygoma in the face and frontal bone in the skull explains the fact that the most prominent parts are easily targeted [3]. The management of facial bite wounds often is a challenge because of unforeseeable infections that can occur because of primary bacterial invasion.…”

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confidence: 99%