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Britain's Oldest Brain images

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	Brain material shows as dark folded matter at the top of the head in this computer-generated view into the skull. The lighter colours in the skull represent soil. Credit: York Archaeological Trust
	Brain material showing as grey matter at the top of the head in this computer-generated scan through the skull. Dark areas are voids. Credit: York Archaeological Trust
	A representation of the skull generated from the CT scans taken at York Hospital. Credit: York Archaeological Trust
	Staff from York Archaeological Trust excavating in the general area where the brain pit was located. To the right and centre it shows the excavation of Iron Age ditches which defined part of the farming landscape. The pit containing the skull was just to the left of these ditches, at centre left of the picture. Credit: York Archaeological Trust
	Dr Sonia O’Connor, from the University of Bradford, examines the remains of the brain using an endoscope. Credit: University of Bradford
	Rachel Cubitt, from the York Archaeological Trust, examines the remains of the brain using an endoscope. Credit: University of Bradford