Oh, great. If they clone this guy............
Posted on 12/12/2008 12:36:31 PM PST by Red Badger
The existence of a brain where no other soft tissues have survived is extremely rare, according to Sonia O'Connor, an archaeological researcher at the University of Bradford in northern England who helped authenticate the discovery.
"This brain is particularly exciting because it is very well preserved, even though it is the oldest recorded find of this type in the U.K., and one of the earliest worldwide," she said.
The old brain is unlikely to yield new neurological insights because human brains aren't thought to have changed much over the past 2,000 years, according to Chris Gosden, a professor of archaeology at Oxford University unconnected with the find.
He confirmed it was the oldest brain found in Britain. He noted that far older preserved brains, thought to be approximately 8,000 years old, were found in 1986 when dozens of intact human skulls were uncovered buried in a peat bog in Windover Farms in Florida.
"It's a real freak of preservation to have a brain and nothing else," Gosden said. "The fact that there's any brain there at all is quite amazing."
Hall said the brain found at York University was being kept in its skull in an environmentally controlled storage facility for further study.
Oh, great. If they clone this guy............
No pics PLEASE!!!!!.................@0-0@.....
I never feared the mummy. He’s so slow that I bet you could kick his butt if you know Tia Chi.
LOL!!!.....
Where is the picture of Helen Thomas?
Does Senator John McCain want it back?
Those banana peels did him in?
>>He must have really pissed someone off to have his head cut off and thrown into a bog.
CNN Headline news is reporting on this crime right now. They don't know who the victim was or what the laws were in ancient Rome or a possible motive at this time, but they will break away from all Chicago corruption coverage to bring you the latest updates on this ancient man. < /s >
I’ve seen it!
You just KNOW that people had to smell him coming.
Pre Roman Law.
Dont worry. Nancy Grace is on it. She will find someone to harass about it until that person kill themself.
“>>He must have really pissed someone off to have his head cut off and thrown into a bog.”
He obviously encountered a troupe of very early Mohammedans.
Why's it so musty in here? What the...AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Ohhhhhhh, I sense a Helen Thompson photo weakness.
Well, don't ever piss me off because I have a wonderful separated at birth duel photo display of Helen Thompson and Grandpa Munster. I rarely use it because children might be looking over their FReepers parents' shoulders and be traumatized.
http://books.google.com/books?id=5e0tkA6gGT8C&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=the-bog-people,+brain&source=web&ots=js76-aqOqK&sig=qZ9pBSqhKTS5uq6IlLtHL5fLmvU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result
A color picture is available
‘Oldest human brain’ discovered[UK]
BBC | 12 Dec 2008 | BBC
Posted on 12/12/2008 8:17:03 AM PST by BGHater
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I’m pretty sure he fried his brain in 1969.............
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