'I’m always conscious these are human beings.'
The brain is thought to be among the first human organs to decompose after death, the University of Oxford Forensic Anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward wrote with her co-authors.
“And in peat bogs, the acid in sphagnum moss puts soft tissue through a tanning process that often preserves brain tissue. She further explained: “There are fats in the brain that aren’t expressed anywhere else in the body, and sulfur-containing proteins that are part of the brain’s signaling mechanism.
The anthropologist added: “But obviously, regardless of how old they are, we still want to treat these remains with respect and with dignity.BoredPanda staff
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