The remains of a three-year-old girl aged 11 thousand years have been discovered in England.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of eight people from different eras of life in the Henning Wood Cave in northwestern England. The remains of a three-year-old girl, which are about 11 thousand years old, turned out to be the most ancient. This was reported by the journal Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society.

According to the publication, the cave was used for burials in three different eras: one man dates from the Early Mesolithic, four from the Early Neolithic, and two from the Early Bronze Age. This discovery helps expand our understanding of cave burials in northwestern Europe.

Genetic analysis showed that all but one of the individuals studied were biologically female. According to osteological and taphonomic studies, in each of these epochs, burials were carried out sequentially, when the body of a recently deceased person was placed in the vertical entrance of the cave.

Archaeologist Martin Stables suggested naming the earliest remains belonging to a three-year-old girl "Ossik Lass", which in the local dialect means "girl from the village of Ossik". According to the study, the remains date back to 9290-8925 BC. In addition, archaeologists found a bead from a seashell. Presumably, it belongs to the same burial site, but it dates back to about 9135-8645 BC.

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