Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog

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Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog

Post by megman » 08-17-2012 10:32 PM

A brain in near-perfect condition is found in a skull of a person who was decapitated over 2,600 years ago.

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One of the world's best preserved prehistoric human brains was recently found in a waterlogged U.K. pit.

The brain belonged to an Iron Age man who was hanged and then decapitated, with his head falling in the pit shortly thereafter.

Scientists believe that submersion in liquid, anoxic environments helps to preserve human brain tissue.

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Post by Doka » 08-17-2012 11:51 PM

Could that be mine, I seem to have misplaced..................:D

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Post by Fan » 08-20-2012 10:28 AM

that is unreal... I wonder if maybe it was an early attempt at cryogenics :)

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Post by SquidInk » 08-20-2012 11:28 AM

Fan wrote: that is unreal... I wonder if maybe it was an early attempt at cryogenics :)

Maybe...

An early description of the experimental process may have looked like this:
  • Step one: Invite enemy for 'ceremonial function' near bog - don't forget headless red deer
  • Step two: Murder enemy, but not by cranial bludgeoning - very important
  • Step three: Toss dead enemy in bog
  • Step four: Wait 2,684 years
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Post by Fan » 08-20-2012 11:32 AM

Step five: Profit

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Post by Dale O Sea » 08-20-2012 11:51 AM

Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog
I don't know about the story, but found this headline irresistible.

This could be a movie - a classic 60's horror flick or possibly a 90's Pauly Shore comedy.

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Post by Raggedyann » 08-20-2012 07:29 PM

Doka wrote: Could that be mine, I seem to have misplaced..................:D

Finders keepers. :D
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