27,500-Year-Old Ice Age Burial in Italy Reveals Ancient Human Compassion

27,500-Year-Old Ice Age Burial in Italy Reveals Ancient Human Compassion

The remains of the Prince of the White Sands are in the archaeological museum of Pegli. Credit: Lorenzo Donzelli / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain About 27,500 years ago, a teenage boy survived a violent bear attack long enough to receive care from his community before his death in what is now Liguria, Italy. Researchers say his burial at Arene Candide, Italy, offers rare evidence that Ice Age people cared for the injured, honored their dead, …