Britain’s 11,000-year-old “oldest northerner” was a 3-year-old girl, DNA reveals
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 …