A brain in near-perfect condition is found in a skull of a person who was decapitated over 2,600 years ago.
THE GIST
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.
The story
Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog
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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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