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Stone Age skeletons uncovered during tube tunnel excavations in Istanbul

"Stone Age skeletons uncovered during tube tunnel excavations in Istanbul

admin August 13th, 2008 Sci-Tech

Skeletons of Stone Age humans, more than 8,000 years old, have been unearthed during tube tunnel excavations in Istanbul, Turkey, which shed light on prehistoric periods of the city.

According to a report in Turkish Daily News, the skeletons were found in four prehistoric graves recently unearthed at the Marmaray tunnel excavation site in the Yenikapi district of Istanbul."

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