Skull find may rewrite history of Australia
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="skull">skull</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Australia">Australia</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Cook">Cook</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="coast">coast</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="skull">skull</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Wales">Wales</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="late">late</span> 2011, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="initially">initially</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gruesome">gruesome</span> <span word="murder">murder</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="older">older</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="expected">expected</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="around">around</span> 1650,<span word="well">well</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Englishman">Englishman</span> <span word="Cook">Cook</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="seaboard">seaboard</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Endeavour">Endeavour</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1770.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skull">skull</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="male">male</span>," <span word="Detective">Detective</span> <span word="Sergeant">Sergeant</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Williamson">Williamson</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span> <span word="Telegraph">Telegraph</span>.</p><p>"<span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="anthropologist">anthropologist</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skull">skull</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Caucasoid">Caucasoid</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="anywhere">anywhere</span> <span word="from">from</span> 28 <span word="to">to</span> 65."</p><p><span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="Stewart">Stewart</span> <span word="Fallon">Fallon</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span>-<span word="dated">dated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skull">skull</span>, <span word="pulling">pulling</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="collagen">collagen</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bone">bone</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="enamel">enamel</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tooth">tooth</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="shocked">shocked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relic">relic</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="was">was</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="assumed">assumed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="sample">sample</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="When">When</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="weren">weren</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Australia">Australia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="say">say</span>, '<span word="Oh">Oh</span>, <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="intriguing">intriguing</span>'."</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="after">after</span> 1950 <span word="but">but</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="samples">samples</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="samples">samples</span> <span word="yielded">yielded</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> - <span word="though">though</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="error">error</span> <span word="range">range</span>.</p>
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