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Attempting to trace the origins of circumcision
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In brief
In brief
This commentary addresses the difficulty of tracing circumcision's prehistoric origins, noting that evidence is scarce and interpretations vary. The author argues that historical origins are irrelevant to modern clinical practice, which should rely on evidence-based justifications rather than historical precedent.
Written by the GCMD Library team from the article.
The trouble with attempting to trace the origins of circumcision, as your correspondents have tried [1–3], is that it is lost in prehistory, evidence is scant and open to interpretation, and it may have had more than one point of origin and for more than one purpose. For this reason it is a topic I generally steer clear of, regarding it as irrelevant to modern justifications, which should be evidence-based to have any validity.
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