“…menigiomas), infection (e.g. syphilis or tuberculosis), partial bone osteopenia, tangential sword cuts, gnawing by animals, postmortem perforation, and damage during excavation (Lisowski, 1967;Powell, 1970;Aufderheide, 1985;Jordanov et al, 1888, Weber & Czarnetzki, 2002Weber et al, 2004). There are no such conditions for our skulls from the Neolithic period (Figures 1 and 2).…”