Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo shows two of three skulls of 2nd-century AD people in which brain tissues have been found. The skulls were unearthed at the Aoya-Kamijichi ruins in the town of Aoya in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, last May, the prefecture's education and culture foundation and Takao Inoue, professor of anatomy at Tottori University's School of Medicine, said April 16. It is believed to be the first discovery of its kind in Japan.

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• 2001/4/16 00:00:00

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