Archaeologists Baffled By A 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found In Scotland With Its Brain Scooped Out And Its Bones Turned Into Tools
It also generated data about their broader genetic ancestry and their connections to other ancient populations from Scotland and the surrounding region.
The analysis revealed that both the Loch Borralie individuals had genetic connections to people buried at other prehistoric Scottish sites.
Significantly, these connections extended to sites more than a hundred miles away, including sites in the Orkney Islands — the archipelago that lies about ten miles off the northern tip of mainland Scotland — and Applecross, a peninsula on the northwest coast of the Scottish mainland.
The Orkney Islands have an extraordinarily rich prehistoric archaeological record, including some of the most significant Neolithic monuments in Europe.
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