Remains of Stone Age girl found

VIENNA - Archaeologists in Austria have discovered the skeletal remains of a Stone Age girl, believed to be over 1,200 years …

VIENNA - Archaeologists in Austria have discovered the skeletal remains of a Stone Age girl, believed to be over 1,200 years older than the 5,300 year old "iceman" found in 1991, according to a report by the Austrian news agency, APA.

The bones were found on a 6,500 year old Stone Age settlement near Linr, Dr Manfred Pertlwieser, an archaeologist at the Francisco Carolinum museum in northern Austria, said.

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