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The oldest ‘Gallstones’ evidence ever found. It is estimated to be over 12,000 years old in Sudan
Italian and British researchers excavated a cemetery in Sudan before finding the stone in 2013 and believe it is probably the oldest stone ever found. This disease has been a pain in humans since more than 12,000 years ago.
There were several stones found. As large as a walnut, it has been found since 2013 in the pelvic region of a male human skeleton. Which is buried in the 12,000-year-old prehistoric cemetery of Al Khiday (in the area there are tombs of different ages. But where the stone was found is from the oldest cemetery) located 12 miles south of Omdurman (Khartoum).
The skeletal remains were found by a team of researchers led by Donatella Usai and Sandro Salvatori of the Center for Sudanese and Sub-Saharan Studies. in Treviso, Italy, where a prehistoric cemetery was surveyed in an area of about 900 square miles.
Initially, the researchers thought that The stones found were just ordinary rocks. But when examined by compositional analysis, it was found that it was a gallstone that developed from the prostate and was considered a prostate stone. The oldest ever found Previously, they had found bladder stones that were 8,500 years old.
“Our findings confirm this. Such a disease is no longer a disease that comes with entering a new era. It also affected people in prehistoric times. They have a lifestyle and diet that are very different from ours,” Yusai said.
