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Article: 8,000-year-old skeleton discovered in southern Turkey
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 2, 2009
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8,000-year-old skeleton discovered in southern Turkey
ANKARA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- An 8,000-year-old skeleton was found
during excavations in one of the oldest residential areas in
southern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported
Sunday.
The skeleton was discovered inside a Neolithic-age tomb unearthed
in Yumuktepe Hoyuk of the southern Mersin province by archeologists
from the Italian Lecce University and Turkish Mimar Sinan Fine Arts
University, said the report.
Other discoveries along with the ...