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  • Penn team uncovers skeleton of 'world's oldest child' [108K yrs old, that's a lot of candles]

    06/18/2011 2:21:10 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 22 replies
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | June 16, 2011 | Faye Flam
    Last year, while a Penn team of archaeologists was working in Morocco, members uncovered a treasure beyond anything they'd imagined - a skeleton of a child from 108,000 years ago. They don't know what killed him at about age 8, but his remains are believed to be one of the most complete ever found of this period... One of the earliest sites where people left evidence of artwork and symbolism is in Morocco, where a team led by Penn Museum's Harold Dibble found the child... that died 108,000 years ago, as shown by various dating techniques... From analyzing the teeth,...