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Trepanation is the surgical procedure of creating a hole in the human skull or removing a piece of bone for a specific purpose. This practice, with a history extending from ancient times to modern medicine, was performed in prehistoric periods using various tools and is today carried out within the framework of modern surgical procedures. Historical Origins and Archaeological Findings The oldest known examples of trepanation date to the Neolithic period. The earliest trepanation case identified