microrobert
06-30-2013, 06:47 PM
Human skull found in Manning River casts doubt over claims Captain Cook was first to the east coast of Australia
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WHEN police were called to reports of human remains found on a river bank they prepared themselves for a grim murder investigation.
But their CSI-style detective work has deepened the mystery - and questioned whether Captain Cook really was the first white man to set foot on the east coast of Australia.
The cold case began in November 2011 when a perfectly intact skull was found at Manning Point, near Taree, on the state’s north coast.
Police were called in and an anthropologist said it possibly belonged to a young female. But further scientific testing - the results of which came back last week - revealed the skull to be a white male, with an 80 per cent chance of it dating back to the 1600s, decades before Captain James Cook arrived aboard Endeavour
Human skull found in Manning River casts doubt over claims Captain Cook was first to the east coast of Australia | News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/national-news/nsw-act/human-skull-found-in-manning-river-casts-doubt-over-claims-captain-cook-was-first-to-the-east-coast-of-australia/story-fnii5s3x-1226672230477)
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WHEN police were called to reports of human remains found on a river bank they prepared themselves for a grim murder investigation.
But their CSI-style detective work has deepened the mystery - and questioned whether Captain Cook really was the first white man to set foot on the east coast of Australia.
The cold case began in November 2011 when a perfectly intact skull was found at Manning Point, near Taree, on the state’s north coast.
Police were called in and an anthropologist said it possibly belonged to a young female. But further scientific testing - the results of which came back last week - revealed the skull to be a white male, with an 80 per cent chance of it dating back to the 1600s, decades before Captain James Cook arrived aboard Endeavour
Human skull found in Manning River casts doubt over claims Captain Cook was first to the east coast of Australia | News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/national-news/nsw-act/human-skull-found-in-manning-river-casts-doubt-over-claims-captain-cook-was-first-to-the-east-coast-of-australia/story-fnii5s3x-1226672230477)