Uraug lived for twelve years following his injury. He was carried in a litter made of hides with supporting wooden poles, remarkably similar to a modern stretcher. He moved with the camp and was provided for by the members of his tribe. Always adept with his hands, Uraug now refined his skills and eventually became a master craftsman of the Mousterian tool tradition. Finally, his contemplative and retrospective nature led him to become the shaman and seer for the tribe.

Although initially despondent following his injury, Uraug did develop a reason to keep going. It seems that shortly after his accident, he was given a wolf pup to care for, and the two became inseparable friends.

Over the years Uraug's legs became profoundly atrophic, as evidenced by decreased bone mass and diminished muscle attachment sites, all of which were observed when his skeleton was excavated in 1974. A large area of bone erosion, with multiple layers of reparative bone were found in his sacrum. The healed and displaced 9th thoracic vertebra fracture did not go unnoticed.

Pollen analysis of the soil excavated from his grave revealed large amounts of alpine flower pollen suggesting blossoms had been placed over the body at the time interment. The pollen analysis suggested his death occurred in late spring. Several hand axes and spear points of exceptional quality were also present. As his bones were carefully removed, the excavators were perplexed to find a second, intact, skeleton in the grave. It was that of an aged wolf with worn teeth and advanced arthritic changes of the hips and limb bones.

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