Archaeologists found an entire human fossil in the city of Serranópolis, in Goiás. The remains date back around 12,000 years, according to superficial deductions.
This makes our “little friend” the oldest specimen ever found in the Midwest of Brazil – if its age is confirmed with further examinations.
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Scientists are deducing that the fossil is approximately 12,000 years old because they found coal that is between 11,700 and 11,900 years old at its feet. This one has been subjected to radiocarbon dating.
The person conducting the study on the fossil is Júlio Cezar Rubin de Rubin, a researcher at the Goiano Institute of Prehistory and Anthropology at PUC-Goiás.
Tell us more about this 12,000-year-old fossil…
I do! Our 12,000-year-old friend was discovered late last year. He was at a depth of approximately 1.90 meters.
Close to it were found some instruments and objects made with chipped stone and the coal mentioned above. All this together indicates that, possibly, these are remnants of a bonfire.
O fossil 12,000 years old was exhumed in partnership between the PUC-Goiás team and the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo (USP).
The group has been exploring the area since 2021. Since then, more than 40 square meters have been explored.
And, more or less close to the star of this text, they found a group of ten heads, along with remains of pottery and charcoal. These date back more or less 1,600 years. Again, nearby charcoal was used as an estimate of the age of the remains.
And is there more stuff there?
Too much! Serranópolis is even known as one of the most important archaeological sites in Latin America. This is because it is a region with many caves, full of engravings and rock paintings.
In the region, artifacts and instruments made of chipped stone and rudimentary ceramics are also often found.
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