Bones

Fascinating 3D scans of ancient skulls and skeletons show how Poles have changed over the centuries

Until now the valuable collection of bones, numbering about 3,000 skulls and skeletal remains, has only been available to a small number of researchers from the University of Łódź. /PAP

The new project by researchers at the University of Łódź will see the remains of 200 people digitised and put online.

Oldest bones ever found in Poland dating back 115,000 years belonged to Neanderthal child whose fingers were ‘chewed by a giant bird’

The discovery of finger bones from the hand of the Neanderthal child are more than twice as old as the previous oldest find of hominid bones in the area - the remains of three teeth dated to 52,000-54,000 years. The child may have been attacked and killed by a bird of prey or a scavenger may have chewed its hand after death.

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