[FoxNews] A study published in the February 2026 edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports focuses on a Late Eneolithic necropolis in the Thracian region of eastern Bulgaria.The subject of the study is the skeleton of a man who died between the ages of 18 and 30. He was more than 5 feet, 7 inches tall and lived between 4600 and 4200 B.C., during the Late Eneolithic.
Upon analyzing the skeleton, researchers identified severe cranial and limb injuries — including puncture wounds on the man's skull.
Those wounds suggest an attack by a large carnivore — and interestingly, the wounds appeared to have healed, meaning he survived the encounter.