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An ancient life revealed: Forager-turned-farmer crossed seas

A STONE-AGE skeleton found in a Danish peat bog has been analysed, fleshing out the ancient person's life and death in stunning detail.

Nicknamed Vittrup Man, this individual died between 3300 and 3100 BCE,

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