Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

Viking Age mass grave unearthed near Cambridge with remains of ‘extremely tall’ man

www.independent.co.uk

Viking Age mass grave unearthed near Cambridge with remains of ‘extremely tall’ man

www.independent.co.uk

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

The individual was somewhere between 17 and 24 years old, with evidence indicating he may have had a hormone-related growth condition

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Yes, there are illnesses that prevent growth stop at the adult age.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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