Oldest human on Balkan's unearthed in Macedonia


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Macedonia

Oldest human on Balkan's unearthed in Macedonia

Stip, 20.03.2008 18:07

Macedonian archeologists unearthed today a skeleton of a human dating
from 7,000 B.C., suspected of being the oldest neolithic inhabitant on
the Balkans.

The skeleton has been uncovered at the archeological site Grncarica,
at the Stip's nearby village of Krupiste.

"Having in mind that the settlement is one of the oldest on the
Balkans, it is only normal to assume that the oldest man that lived on
the Balkans is in question," said the archeologist Trajanka Jovcevska.

The skeleton has been found in a position that is typical for the
neolithic era burials.

"The body was laid with the left side down in a contracted position
with the knees reaching up to the head level and with the arms
clenched," Jovcevska said.

The neolithic skeleton was transported to Skopje for further
anthropological analysis.

Grncarica, the oldest neolithic settlement in Macedonia, was
discovered accidentally last year by a team of archeologists who are
exploring the sites along the hydro-system Zletovica's pipeline. /end/




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