But this has not been established with certainty.

The evidence is ambiguous, and multiple interpretations remain plausible.

That ambiguity is itself part of the human story.

Here is a person who died young — in his early to mid-twenties — in what might have been violent circumstances.

Or in what might have been an accident.

Or whose injuries occurred after death.

The uncertainty about how he died is a reminder that the archaeological record, even when exceptionally well-preserved as at Gough’s Cave, leaves most of a life invisible.

The La Braña Connection: He Was Not Alone