sábado, 28 de julio de 2012

West Norfolk youngster finds ‘treasure’ on beach when he uncovers a wild boar skull which dates back to the Ice Age

A WILD boar skull which lay hidden under the North Sea for thousands of years was finally brought to the surface by a budding palaeontologist.


Eagle-eyed Nathan Welham spotted the skull poking out of the sand and water during a family walk along the beach near Old Hunstanton.

Experts at Lynn Museum have verified that the bone is between 7,000 and 10,000 years old and dates back to the late Ice Age when Britain was joined to mainland Europe.

The skull belonged to a young boar and still has its teeth and tusks.

The find now has pride of place at five-year-old Nathan’s home in Heacham and he affectionately calls it “Charlie Pig”... Lynn News

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