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- Heslington_Brain abstract "The Heslington Brain is a 2,600-year-old human brain found inside a skull buried in a pit in Heslington, Yorkshire, in England, in 2008. It is the oldest preserved brain ever found in Europe or Asia, and is believed to be the best-preserved ancient brain in the world. The skull was discovered during an archaeological dig commissioned by the University of York on the site of its new campus on the outskirts of the city of York. The area was found to have been the site of well-developed permanent habitation between 2,000–3,000 years before the present day. A number of possibly ritualistic objects were found to have been deposited in several pits, including the skull, which had belonged to a man probably in his 30s. He had been hanged before being decapitated with a knife and his skull appears to have been buried immediately. The rest of the body was missing. Although it is not known why he was killed, it is possible that it may have been a human sacrifice or ritual murder.The brain was found while the skull was being cleaned. It had survived despite the rest of the tissue on the skull having disappeared long ago. After being extracted at York Hospital, the brain was subjected to a range of medical and forensic examinations which found that it was remarkably intact, though it had shrunk to only about 20% of its original size. It showed few signs of decay, though most of its original material had been replaced by an as yet unidentified organic compound, due to chemical changes during burial. According to the archaeologists and scientists who have examined it, the brain has a \"resilient, tofu-like texture\". It is not clear why the Heslington brain survived, although the presence of a wet, anoxic environment underground seems to have been an essential factor, and research is still ongoing to shed light on how the local soil conditions may have contributed to its preservation.".
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- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink H._L._Hunley_(submarine).
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- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Haplogroup_J_(mtDNA).
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- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Roundhouse_(dwelling).
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Spondylolisthesis.
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- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink University_of_York.
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Vale_of_York.
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Wiktionary:anoxic.
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink York.
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- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink York_Hospital.
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire.
- Heslington_Brain wikiPageWikiLink File:Archaeology_at_Heslington_East.jpg.
- Heslington_Brain caption "Heslington, England".
- Heslington_Brain created "673".
- Heslington_Brain discovered "By York Archaeological Trust in August 2008".
- Heslington_Brain imageCaption "Mass "A" of the Heslington Brain".
- Heslington_Brain label "Heslington".
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- Heslington_Brain material Human_brain.
- Heslington_Brain name "Heslington Brain".
- Heslington_Brain place Heslington.
- Heslington_Brain place Yorkshire.
- Heslington_Brain position "left".
- Heslington_Brain size "×".
- Heslington_Brain width "180".
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- Heslington_Brain subject Category:2008_archaeological_discoveries.
- Heslington_Brain subject Category:Archaeology_of_England.
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- Heslington_Brain subject Category:Human_remains_(archaeological).
- Heslington_Brain subject Category:Individual_human_heads,_skulls_and_brains.
- Heslington_Brain subject Category:Iron_Age_Britain.
- Heslington_Brain hypernym Brain.
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- Heslington_Brain comment "The Heslington Brain is a 2,600-year-old human brain found inside a skull buried in a pit in Heslington, Yorkshire, in England, in 2008. It is the oldest preserved brain ever found in Europe or Asia, and is believed to be the best-preserved ancient brain in the world. The skull was discovered during an archaeological dig commissioned by the University of York on the site of its new campus on the outskirts of the city of York.".
- Heslington_Brain label "Heslington Brain".
- Heslington_Brain sameAs Q16842805.
- Heslington_Brain sameAs m.0ll300s.
- Heslington_Brain sameAs Q16842805.
- Heslington_Brain wasDerivedFrom Heslington_Brain?oldid=679452568.
- Heslington_Brain depiction Archaeology_at_Heslington_East.jpg.
- Heslington_Brain isPrimaryTopicOf Heslington_Brain.