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DNA sleuths solve mystery of the 2,000-year old corpse
BBC News ^ | December 19, 2023 | Pallab Ghosh

Posted on 12/26/2023 7:17:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Research shows that the skeleton found in Cambridgeshire is of a man from a nomadic group known as Sarmatians.

It is the first biological proof that these people came to Britain from the furthest reaches of the Roman empire and that some lived in the countryside.

The remains were discovered during excavations to improve the A14 road between Cambridge and Huntingdon...

Archaeologists discovered a complete, well-preserved skeleton of a man, they named Offord Cluny 203645 - a combination of the Cambridgeshire village he was found in and his specimen number. He was buried by himself without any personal possessions in a ditch, so there was little to go on to establish his identity.

Dr Marina Silva of the Ancient Genomics Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute, in London, extracted and decoded Offord's ancient DNA from a tiny bone taken from his inner ear, which was the best preserved part of the entire skeleton.

...a team from the archaeology department of Durham University used another exciting analysis technique to examine his fossilised teeth, which have chemical traces of what he ate...

The analysis showed that until the age of six he ate millets and sorghum grains, known scientifically as C4 crops, which are plentiful in the region where Sarmatians were known to have lived.

But over time, analysis showed a gradual decrease in his consumption of these grains and more wheat, found in western Europe, according to Prof Janet Montgomery...

Historical records indicate that Offord could have been a cavalry man's son, or possibly his slave. They show that around the time he lived, a unit of the Sarmatian cavalry incorporated into the Roman army was posted to Britain.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
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To: SunkenCiv

21 posted on 12/27/2023 5:38:03 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Ezekiel

They were The Good Sarmatians.................🤦‍♂️


22 posted on 12/27/2023 5:39:40 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

There were one hundred and one of them.


23 posted on 12/27/2023 10:22:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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24 posted on 01/03/2024 10:28:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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