Friday, May 20, 2022

A skull to remember

 

Finding a human skull while out for a nice river paddle could be disruptive to the intent of peaceful rest and relaxation.

This time, it turned out to be a somewhat better outcome than the finders might have first thought was going to be the case.

Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota River

"Authorities traced the river remains to Minnesota’s Archaic period, which stretches from 7,000 to 500 B.C., according to Minnesota’s state archaeologist."

 Listen to the local newscasters describe it, with some of the released photos (and ignore the closed-captioning that labeled it a "hum skull"):


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