Guinea .. a rare skull of a tsunami victim 6,000 years ago!

Written By وداد السعودي on 2017/10/29

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - Australian geologist Paul Hosfield found a 6,000-year-old skull in Papua New Guinea in 1929, which may have been a victim of a tsunami <span>.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Scientists analyzed geological sediments in the area, and found strong evidence of a tsunami occurring there, indicating a possible cause of death for the owner of the skull <span>.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the research published in the journal &quot; <span>PLOS ONE</span> &quot;, researcher Mark Goltico of the University of Notre Dame confirmed that they took samples from the sediments in the area for re-analysis in order to determine the age and date of sedimentation.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The researchers found a large number of remains of single-celled aquatic organisms called <span>diatoms,</span> a large group of algae and one of the most famous types of phytoplankton in the seas and oceans <span>.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The researchers found that the chemical traces and samples taken from the sediments indicate the occurrence of a tsunami that led to many victims, similar to what happened as a result of the 1998 tsunami that killed 2,000 people <span>.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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