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Man who died 3,000 years ago with 790 injuries is earliest known shark attack victim Experts were "initially flummoxed" by what could have caused at least 790 deep, serrated injuries to the man. "We were initially flummoxed by what could have caused at least 790 deep, serrated injuries to this man."⁠ Researchers initially believed they had a 3,000-year-old murder mystery on their hands. So-called "Tsukumo No. 24," a middle-aged man dated back to between 1370 and 1010 BCE, had suffered unimaginable wounds — 790 of them to be exact. One by one, researchers ruled out stone tools and weapons likely available at the time. Then they moved on to natural predators and scavengers, although the severity of the wounds made most of them unlikely, too.⁠ ⁠ Then with the help of an expert from Florida, the scientists finally determined that the prehistoric Japanese man was actually the victim of a tiger or white shark — the oldest known victim of his kind in the world. R