6,500-Year-Old 'Noah' Skeleton Discovered in Museum Basement

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 07:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The human remains inside a wooden museum box were originally discovered in 1929 at the Ur site in Iraq. Scientists have dubbed the skeleton "Noah," as the perhaps 50-year-old man likely lived after a massive flood occurred at the site.

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