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Patrick Pester

Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds

A reconstruction of Petralona skull attached to a cave wall with a stalagmite growing out of its head. .

A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out of its head is about 300,000 years old and neither human nor Neanderthal, a new study finds.

The skull was reportedly discovered attached to the wall of Petralona Cave in northern Greece in 1960. Researchers have since argued about its position on the human family tree and had trouble figuring out its age — until now.

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