nplus1 reports that Italian archaeologists have discovered in the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence six previously unrecorded cardboard boxes and wooden crates containing more than 150 bone fragments, including the remains of two infant

nplus1 reports that Italian archaeologists have discovered in the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence six previously unrecorded cardboard boxes and wooden crates containing more than 150 bone fragments, including the remains of two infants. It turned out that they had been excavated as long ago as the 1940s in the Arene Candide cave. In addition, the archaeologists carried out further radiocarbon dating and established that burials at this site were made some 12,800 to 11,800 years ago. The article has been published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews.

The news is that there are no conditions in which it is no longer possible to discover something new. And, of course, about the benefits of tidying up, especially in places where historical treasures are heaped together 👆🏼

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nplus1 reports that Italian archaeologists have discovered in the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence six previously unrecorded cardboard boxes and wooden crates containing more than 150 bone fragments, including the remains of two infant

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