Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara

1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 11,984	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 17, 2019 23:45:01 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on Jan 17, 2019 23:45:01 GMT -5
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fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 6:20:02 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Jan 18, 2019 6:20:02 GMT -5 Addicting info. Watched about half of it. Amazing that something like was found.
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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 11,984	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 9:20:53 GMT -5 fernwood likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on Jan 18, 2019 9:20:53 GMT -5 No DNA yet on the two groups so we are not sure who they were.
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fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 10:27:39 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Jan 18, 2019 10:27:39 GMT -5 It is just amazing that this was found.
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Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 11:55:35 GMT -5 1dave likes this

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Jan 18, 2019 9:20:53 GMT -5 1dave said:

No DNA yet on the two groups so we are not sure who they were.

Since the bones from the earlier settlement have been fossilized by minerals in the lake water, it's unlikely any DNA will ever be found in them.
Maybe deep inside them, but that would probably require destructive searching.

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Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 12:01:50 GMT -5 1dave and MsAli like this

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Jan 18, 2019 10:27:39 GMT -5 fernwood said:

It is just amazing that this was found.

Not just amazing that the skeletons were found, but that environmental conditions needed to be absolutely perfect for the preservation to have occurred.
Had the lake not risen, the earlier bones would not have fossilized. Had the climate not changed from wet to dry, there would have been no desiccation/preservation of the later burials.

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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 11,984	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 12:03:57 GMT -5 fernwood likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on Jan 18, 2019 12:03:57 GMT -5 DNA has been recovered from the teeth of older skeletons.
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grumpybill freely admits to licking rocks Member since June 2017 Posts: 940	Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 18, 2019 12:59:11 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grumpybill on Jan 18, 2019 12:59:11 GMT -5 True, but it depends on how deeply the mineral replacement penetrated beyond the enamel during fossilization and how many teeth the scientists are willing to drill into and test.
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Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 19, 2019 6:38:21 GMT -5 1dave and grumpybill like this

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Amazing in the sense that the conditions were right for the bones to be preserved. The winds uncovered them and they were found by someone who understood the significance.

Also, that the sight was not destroyed in the past.

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Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara Jan 19, 2019 8:43:04 GMT -5 1dave and fernwood like this

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It'll be interesting to see what else they find out from the remains. One side of me was thinking that the woman and children may have been killed or sacrificed that position. But, we will probably never know.