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Man shot in face 5,600 years ago was actually killed by arrow to chest

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Skeleton of Porsmose man was found in 1946 , in a peat bog near Næstved , Denmark , with arrows still embedded in his skull and breastbone.

Now his face can be seen for the first time since his mysterious death, after scientists probing his killing rebuilt his likeness from his bones.

In the process, they revealed something counterintuitive that the fatal arrow was not the one in his face, but in his chest.

The fatal arrow, itself made of bone, had likely penetrated the man's vein, aortic arch, and right pulmonary vein, killing him.

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