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Forensics: Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory

Tiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water. — Read on http://www.livescience.com/stone-age-fisherman-skeleton-drowned

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Anthropology: New prehistoric human unknown to science discovered in Israel – The Jerusalem Post

Hebrew U and Tel Aviv University researchers found remains of a new type of ‘Homo’ who lived in the region some 130,000 years ago. — Read on m.jpost.com/archaeology/new-prehistoric-human-unknown-to-science-discovered-in-israel-671949

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Forensics: expert carried human heads of serial killer’s victims on flight to Glasgow from Italy – Daily Record

Ive used a cardbox box sealed with crime scene tape. Fit in the overhead nicely. Dame Professor Sue Black brought the grim packages from Verona to Glasgow after being asked to help Italian colleagues investigating a serial killer . — … Continue reading

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