Wednesday, 10. December 2003
Topic: SCIENCE - on December 10, 2003 at 1:41:47 AM CET
Our own Amazon princess
Back when Indonesia was part of Australia, a young woman left treasure in a cave. Deborah Smith reports.
SHE was tall and strong and in her late 20s when she died about 18,000 years ago. Her teeth were not worn down, so she had probably enjoyed a diet of wallaby and other animals rather than chewing on tough plants. And from the unusual holes in some of her bones, it is possible that cancerous growths contributed to her early demise.
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