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Vesuvius Eruption Turned This Roman Man’s Brain Into Glass 2,000 Years Ago and Scientists Just Figured Out How
A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.
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An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage
Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying ...
The Mysterious Iberian Nailed Skulls: New Findings Challenge Old Beliefs
The isotope analysis of the Puig Castellar and Ullastret sites suggests distinct mobility patterns among these individuals, ...
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Human brain turned to glass by ash cloud from Vesuvius
Excavations have found that the brain of what seems to be a human male contained dark glass formed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures ...
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
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Neanderthal Extinction Linked to Genetic Crisis 100,000 Years Ago
The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating ...