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They have found skeletons from Paleolithic Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens fossils that prove they did brain surgery, (drilled holes in the skull), either to let out blood, remove tumors, or possibly evil spirits. The patients survived. Sometimes they even kept the chip of their skull on a necklace.

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Evidence has been found of the surgical procedure known as trepanation (a type of cranial surgery involving removal of part of the skull) in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times and in cave paintings.

Folke Henschen, a Swedish doctor and historian, asserts that Soviet excavations of the banks of the Dnieper River in the 1970s show the existence of trepanation in Mesolithic times dated to approximately 12000 BC. The remains suggest a belief that trepanning could cure epileptic seizures, migraines, and mental disorders.

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