Graphic designer Simon Hunt had gone out for a morning row when he made the surprising discovery.
As he went out for a row one morning on the River Thames in London, graphic designer Simon Hunt came across a rather unexpected find.Carbon dating has since indicated it to be more than 5,000 years old, but having recognised it to be from a person he immediately began to fear the worst.
He then called the police, who asked him to show them where he had found the thighbone so they could investigate. However, by the time officers had arrived, the tide had come in and the spot was deep underwater. Neolithic Britain saw the arrival of farming culture, as migrants brought techniques and tools from continental Europe.
The Museum of London, which Mr Hunt hopes will become the eventual home for the bone, has a fragment of a Neolithic skull which is dated between 3645 and 3600 BC.
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