Earliest Traces of Compassion

THE GIST

Traces of the world's first known disabled, elderly human have been found in Spain.

The individual is thought to have been a male who received support from his group and lived 500,000 years ago.

This discovery suggests that our ancient human relatives were capable of compassion and social bonding.

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