12,000-Year-Old Preserved Human Brains Defy Soft Tissue Decay Assumptions : ScienceAlert
The human brain, it turns out, can be surprisingly resistant to the ravages of time.A new study has cataloged human brains that have been found on the archaeological record around the world and discovered that this remarkable organ resists decomposition far more than we thought – even when the rest of the body's soft tissues have completely melted away.Led by molecular taphonomist Alexandra Morton-Hayward of the University of Oxford, a team of scientists has identified more than 4,400 preserved human brains, dating back…