Early human fossils unearthed in Ukraine (BBC)

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By Jennifer Carpenter
Science reporter, BBC News

Ancient remains uncovered in Ukraine represent some of the oldest evidence of modern people in Europe, experts have claimed.

Archaeologists found human bones and teeth, tools, ivory ornaments and animal remains at the Buran-Kaya cave site.

The 32,000-year-old fossils bear cut marks suggesting they were defleshed as part of a post-mortem ritual.
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Archaeologist Dr Alexander Yanevich from the National Ukrainian Academy of Science in Kiev discovered the four Buran-Kaya caves in the Crimean mountains in 1991.

Since then, roughly two hundred human bone fragments have been unearthed at the site.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13846262
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0020834

[xchrom]

1. Cool. Nt

[snagglepuss]

2. For gawd's sake. Do you know how much more time consuming it will be

to create my family tree. Tracing back my Ukrainian ancestors two generations has been tough enough. :(