Fossilized 13th century brain with intact cells

[kiri_l]

Fossilized 13th century brain with intact cells
Category: Archaeology • Neuroscience

Posted on: March 22, 2010 2:30 PM

Comments

[missinfinity]

holy crap

that's awesome

[kiri_l]

I'm out here trying to select the most interesting pieces to post.. :D Thanks!

[minotaurus]

I thought that was a picture of some chocolate cookies. :x

Interesting post, though! The child died really young, but it's almost as if they are immortalized now.

[frontyardninja]

I thought it was a poop :\

[plumora]

Glad I'm not the only one. :x

Aside from that, this is really really cool.

[darkblysse]

Haha, I thought it was chocolate, too.

[ecctv]

Incredible!

[pen_umbra]

Is the presence of identifiable neurons amazing because neurons typically decompose quickly; or is the presence of neurons in a brain of a human from 800 years ago somehow remarkable in terms of evolutionary development?

I am being sincere.

[deathjoy]

Primarily the former, though there might be some interesting information gleaned from it being from the Middle Ages. However, that's really not that long in evolutionary time.

[pen_umbra]

'struth. Thanks!

[rymrytr]

Is there DNA so that one could tell heritage (as is done for Genealogical research)?

[deathjoy]

Lol I was actually going to post this yesterday, but figured one post a day was enough. It's a great find!