Scientists have identified the oldest known human remains in northern Britain as those of a young girl who lived about 11,000 years ago. Found in a Cumbrian cave and nicknamed “Osic Lass”, she was probably between 2.5 and 3.5 years old when she died. Evidence from nearby ornaments and several burials suggests that the cave had deep spiritual significance for some of Britain’s earliest hunter-gatherers. The discovery is shedding new light on life and death just after the Ice Age.
Britain’s 11,000-year-old “oldest northerner” was a 3-year-old girl, DNA reveals
