[Red Badger]

This image issued by the York Archaeological Trust on Friday Dec. 12, 2008 shows brain material as dark folded matter at the top of the head in this computer-generated view into the skull. British archaeologists working at a university campus have unearthed an ancient skull carrying a startling surprise _ an unusually well-preserved brain still inside. Scientists said Friday that the more than 2,000-year-old mass of gray matter was the oldest ever discovered in Britain. One expert unconnected with the find called it "a real freak of preservation." The skull -- which was severed from its corpse sometime before the Roman invasion of Britain _ was found in a muddy pit during a dig at the University of York in northern England in the fall of this year, according to Richard Hall, a director of York Archaeological Trust. (AP Photo/York Archaeological Trust)

[444Flyer]

I hope it’s not Abynormal’s.

[llevrok]

Scientists find 2,000-year-old brain in Britain

Stephan Hawking's ?

[theDentist]

Here it is!

... belonged to an Abby something.

[blam]

Check out these 8,000 year old brains found in Florida.

Bye, Bye Beringia

"*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!"

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[rfp1234]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096897/posts

[TonyStark]

[rfp1234]

"The fact that there's any brain there at all is quite amazing."

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Looks like a truffle!

[xJones]

"The fact that there's any brain there at all is quite amazing."

Strange, they say the same thing about Prince Charles.

[CougarGA7]

The skull -- which was severed from its corpse sometime before the Roman invasion of Britain _ was found in a muddy pit during a dig at the University of York

He must have really pissed someone off to have his head cut off and thrown into a bog.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

So that’s where Helen Thomas must have lost hers!

[Codeflier]

Where is the picture of Helen Thomas?

[FreeAtlanta]

Does Senator John McCain want it back?

[Does so]

Brain tissue was preserved in "The Bog People" found in Denmark, Netherlands and elsewhere from 3000 years ago.

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

[grjr21]

Scientists find 2,000-year-old brain in Britain

 

A color picture is available

[SunkenCiv]

‘Oldest human brain’ discovered[UK]
BBC | 12 Dec 2008 | BBC
Posted on 12/12/2008 8:17:03 AM PST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2147603/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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