Archaeologists Baffled By A 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found In Scotland With Its Brain Scooped Out And Its Bones Turned Into Tools
They were kin, and they were buried together, and yet their bodies were handled in completely different ways after death.
The explanation for this differential treatment is not obvious.
The age difference between them — a woman over thirty and a teenager of fifteen — might be relevant, as might the sex difference.
But without further evidence, the question of why her body was processed in such an unusual way while his was not remains open.
Ancient DNA: Connections Across the Sea
The ancient DNA analysis produced by the COMMIOS team was not limited to establishing the relationship between the two individuals in the cairn.
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