Remains of England's Earliest Known "Northerner" Belong to Mesolithic Girl - Archaeology Magazine

Remains of England's Earliest Known "Northerner" Belong to Mesolithic Girl - Archaeology Magazine

Maxilla fragment of Mesolithic girl GREAT URSWICK, ENGLAND—The Independent reports that human skeletal remains found deep within the Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Great Urswick, Cumbria, represent evidence of Britain’s oldest known “northerner.” When the cranial fragments were first discovered in 2023, it was believed that they belonged to a male individual. However, further analysis recently conducted by researchers at the University of Lancashire …

Northern Britain’s oldest human remains are of a girl

The oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered. The post Northern Britain’s oldest human remains are of a girl appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.

11,000-Year-Old Girl Identified Through DNA Becomes Northern Britain’s Earliest Confirmed Individual

Ancient DNA analysis identifies an 11,000-year-old Mesolithic girl buried in Cumbria’s Heaning Wood Bone Cave, making her