DNA avslöjar Storbritanniens äldsta nordbo var en ung flicka

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Forskare har identifierat de äldsta kända mänskliga kvarlevorna i norra Storbritannien som tillhörande en flicka som levde för cirka 11 000 år sedan. Barnet, som fått smeknamnet Ossick Lass, var mellan 2,5 och 3,5 år gammal när hon dog.

Kvarlevorna hittades i Heaning Wood Bone Cave nära Great Urswick i Cumbria under utgrävningar ledda av den lokala arkeologen Martin Stables. Ett internationellt team extraherade DNA från benen tre år efter upptäckten, vilket bekräftade att barnet var en flicka och gav de hittills tydligaste bevisen på mesolitiska begravningar i regionen.

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