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Palaeolithic burial of twins?


The bodies of two new-born infants have been found in northern Austria at a site which dates them to between 27 to 40,000 years old. DNA testing might be possible and may confirm if they were twins.
The bodies had been wrapped in, probably, an animal hide, covered in ochre,decorated with ivory beads and protected by the shoulderblade of a woolly mammoth,propped up by pieces of tusk.

Fuller story here... http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8063
jimit Posted by jimit
30th September 2005ce

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