Reconstruction of the burial of "Il Principe," a hunter-gatherer teenager who likely died after being mauled by a bear nearly 28,000 years ago. "Given the extent of the bone injuries, it is surprising that this adolescent forager survived even for this brief time," the researchers wrote. "The rich formal burial accorded to the Principe may reflect a need to ritually sanction an exceptionally negative event," the researchers wrote. New signs of skeletal trauma in the Upper Paleolithic “Principe” from Arene Candide Cave (Liguria, Italy) bear novel insights into the circumstances of his death. Journal of Anthropological Sciences Reports, 103, 113-139. doi 10.4436/JASS.10303Stone Age quiz: What do you know about the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic?