Orkney fingerprints belonged to Neolithic teenager
Both fingerprints were male and had been left by individuals around 13 and 14 years old.
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World News: possible new hominin species, ancient shark attack, Mesolithic honey-gathering
Current Archaeology rounds up some of the latest discoveries across the globe, including the world's oldest shark attack victim found in Japan, a scene of honey-gathering from a cave in Spain, and the analysis of a previously unknown ancient hominin species.
Further fingerprints found at the Ness of Brodgar
'The analysis has much wider implications in the study of Neolithic ceramics, but we will need many more fingerprint examples before any firm conclusions can be drawn.’
The king’s new clothes
Researchers had moved the best textiles, including the ‘Eagle Silk’ and a pillow with birds, deemed more fitting for a king, over to Cnut’s shrine, where they are displayed with his remains under a glass lid.