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Northern Britain's oldest human remains are of a young female child, DNA analysis reveals
- February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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The oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered in a Cumbrian cave. Excavated at Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria's Great Urswick by local archaeologist Martin Stables, the 11,000-year-old bones provide clear evidence of Mesolithic burials in the North.
Originally published at Phys.org