Human skull dating back nearly 8,000 years found in Minnesota River

(FOX 9) – A human cranium that is about 8,000 years outdated was discovered within the Minnesota River south of Sacred Coronary heart.

The Renville County Sheriff’s Workplace on Wednesday stated two kayakers got here throughout the bone in September 2021. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Workplace decided the bone was human, and the FBI’s forensic anthropologist concluded the bone belonged to a younger grownup man. 

The cranium has a depressed space, which is in keeping with blunt power trauma, the sheriff’s workplace stated. 

The cranium has a depressed space, which is in keeping with blunt power trauma, the sheriff’s workplace stated.  (Renville County Sheriff’s Workplace)

By way of Carbon-14 evaluation, preliminary info signifies the person would have been alive between 5,500-6,000 BCE, so practically 8,000 years in the past. 

“Carbon-14 from the environment through meals is included into bones whereas the bones are maturing. By way of reviewing the Carbon-14, this particular person would have had a heavy marine weight loss plan or a weight loss plan excessive in maize, pearl millet, or sorghum, which is outdoors the vary of the American weight loss plan,” the sheriff’s workplace famous. 

The sheriff’s workplace referred to as science and expertise “unbelievable,” and thanked its companions to assist dive into this piece of historical past.

Sacred Coronary heart is positioned in western Minnesota, about 114 miles west of Minneapolis.