The Oldest Known Human Burial Was Just Discovered In Lower Central America
By Madison Dapcevich
03 Jan 2019, 10:20
A new investigation of an ancient remote Nicaraguan village has revealed the oldest known burial of a human in lower Central America, dating back to circa 3900 BC, nearly 6,000 years ago, representing what archaeologists say is an “important contribution to our understanding of the early peopling of the region.†What’s more – the woman was seriously jacked.
Measuring just under 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches) in height, she was found undisturbed in a shallow oval pit lined with basalt and a layer of charcoal-rich sediment 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) below the surface in an excavation conducted in collaboration with local indigenous populations.
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