The thing about bog-bodies is their well preserved appearance.
Finding a skeleton in a bog is not finding a bog-body, but finding a skeleton in a bog.
This is what a bog-body looks like:
The thing about bog-bodies is their well preserved appearance.
Finding a skeleton in a bog is not finding a bog-body, but finding a skeleton in a bog.
This is what a bog-body looks like:
Bye, Bye Beringia (8,000 Year Old Site In Florida)
"*Skeletal remains of 169 people, split almost evenly between males and females, ranging from 6 to 70 years old. About 75 of the skeletons were relatively intact.
* 90 intact human brains that include the oldest DNA samples in the World.
*Artifacts of wood, bone, and seed that were made into jewelry and tools, providing insight into the ancient peoples' lives.
* Tests showed the oldest skeletons were buried 8,100 years ago. The youngest was placed in the ground 6,900 years ago.
"To put this into context," Doran said, "these people had already been dead for 3,000 or 4,000 years before the first stones were laid for the Egyptian pyramids!" They were lean and robust, most likely a copper-skinned people. The tallest man stood 5 feet and 6 inches tall. The average woman was 5 feet and 2 inches.