Brain removal likely used in Iron Age Scottish burial
A woman’s 2,000-year-old skeleton also shows signs of limb sharpening. The post Brain removal likely used in Iron Age Scottish burial appeared first on Popular Science .
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A woman’s 2,000-year-old skeleton also shows signs of limb sharpening. The post Brain removal likely used in Iron Age Scottish burial appeared first on Popular Science .
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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.