Brain removal likely used in Iron Age Scottish burial
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2,000 years ago in Scotland, people removed a corpse's brain and fashioned the arm bones into tools
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Brain removal in Iron Age Scotland burial reveals far-reaching family ties
It is difficult to identify funerary practices in Iron Age (c. 800 BC–AD 43) Britain, as human remains rarely survive. However, evidence is particularly prominent in north-west Scotland, because environmental conditions support the preservation of bone.
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