Archeologists find 2000 year old Brain

Recently at an archeological excavation at York Universi cty in northern England, archeolgoists have found a human skull in a mud pit. These types of findings are quiteommon. The only difference is, is that parts of the brain inside the cranium has been preserved. Rachel Cubitt was the person who found the skull and noticed that there was something inside. When she tried to see, she noticed an unusual yellow substance from the bottom of the skull. Recognizing what it may be, she remembered a university lecture on the rare survival of ancient brain tissue, and looked for a professional opinion, which turned out to be that the yellow substance was in fact, portions of a preserved brain. The skull was then taken a CT scanner at York Hospital, which produced an extremely clear image. The fact that no flesh or soft tissue except the brain is extremely rare, says Dr Sonia O'Connor, Research Fellow in Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford. York University was in the middle of expanding the campus when an extensive prehistoric farming landscape of fields, track ways and buildings dating back to at least 300 BC, was found. Since then archaeological investigations have continued.