“Forensic studies of modern human populations have reported that craniofacial injuries resulting from blows are more frequently observed on the left side of the skull, a distribution commonly attributed to the predominance of right-handed assailants in face-to-face confrontations,”

the researchers · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-08

The researchers wrote in a study published June 30 in the journal Scientific Reports about cut marks found on the jaw of Qafzeh 25, an adult male buried in Qafzeh cave in Israel.