Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?

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Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?

Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: Rebecca Ellis-Haken Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: …

Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: Rebecca Ellis-Haken Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: Rebecca Ellis-Haken Furthermore, four of the woman’s long bones (both humeri, the left ulna, and the left femur) showed marks that had previously been identified as tooth marks, suggesting rodents had gnawed at the bones. …

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