Dig reveals human skulls mounted on stakes

[Ranzo]

Several human skulls found mounted on wooden stakes have been uncovered from a Stone Age lake bed in central Sweden in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind anywhere in the world.

“We found two skulls that still had wooden stakes sticking out of them through a whole at the base of the skull,” archeologist Fredrik Hallgren, head of excavation with the Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen (‘Cultural Preservation Society of Mälardalen’) told The Local.

According to results from carbon-14 dating techniques, the skulls and other items are estimated to be about 8,000-years-old.

http://www.thelocal.se/36226/20110919/
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Archeology fascinates me endlessly and I consume quite a bit of research news and releases. There are nearly daily unexpected finds and papers published with new insights and theories the world over. Today I was reading through this article and already speculating on the human origins on the subjects--whether they were indigenous or otherwise, cross referencing with known migrations of the era--when my jaw dropped at a curious tidbit at the end. I thought someone had hacked the site for a while there, but further reading from other sources corroborates it. (Oh, with a picture which i won't share) You'll have to visit the link to read about the find.

So may jokes... I wouldn't even know where to begin or end, or want to offend the delicate, refined sensibilities of this fine group here. But read the article...

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Ha! Holy crap, I just read the end of it. Girl has got to do what a girl has got to do.

 

[Temo]

The link isn't working for me. Also "We found two skulls that still had wooden stakes sticking out of them through a whole at the base of the skull."

C'mon now.

Edit: Nevermind, it worked the second time. I'm not at all surprised by the find at the end, considering that type of behavior has been noted in the animal kingdom, it makes sense that we'd see prehistoric humans doing it too.

 

[Ranzo]

The link isn't working for me. Also "We found two skulls that still had wooden stakes sticking out of them through a whole at the base of the skull."

C'mon now.

Edit: Nevermind, it worked the second time. I'm not at all surprised by the find at the end, considering that type of behavior has been noted in the animal kingdom, it makes sense that we'd see prehistoric humans doing it too.

Oh, as you've likely gathered the homophone problem owes to the fact that it's English version of a Swedish site. We have similar errors with our own writers whose first language is actually English...and I'm intrigued with your assertion there about animals, but I think I'll just leave it well enough alone. Probably best.

 

[CliffnDallas]

"archeologist Fredrik Hallgren, head of excavation"

Now theres a man doing his job!

 

[Sarge]

"archeologist Fredrik Hallgren, head of excavation"

Now theres a man doing his job!

:laugh2:

 

[Signals]

Breaking News: Further DNA analysis revealed that the object referred to in the last two sentences of the article actually belongs to Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

 

[Temo]

Oh, as you've likely gathered the homophone problem owes to the fact that it's English version of a Swedish site. We have similar errors with our own writers whose first language is actually English...and I'm intrigued with your assertion there about animals, but I think I'll just leave it well enough alone. Probably best.

Most farm animals engage in self-pleasure. That includes bulls, sheep, horses, etc.

Among females, where tools are sometimes required, it's been observed among monkeys, and is an expected occurrence among monkeys that are kept in isolation (in labs, for instance).

The wikipedia article on it is quite comprehensive, though I can't link it due to images.

 

[Hoofbite]

Breaking News: Further DNA analysis revealed that the object referred to in the last two sentences of the article actually belongs to Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

Do you have to read the article to know what this means?

 

[vta]

Do you have to read the article to know what this means?

Yeah, the last paragraph states something that sounds pretty ridiculous.

 

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