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Intact neurons of Vesuvius eruption victim discovered


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Preserved brain cells have been found in the remains of a young man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. 

The brain cells' structure is still visible in a black, glassy material found in the man's skull. The new discovery of this structure, described today (Oct. 2) in the journal PLOS ONE, adds to the accumulating evidence that this glassy material is indeed part of the man's brain. 

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"The results of our study show that the vitrification process occurred at Herculaneum, unique of its kind, has frozen the neuronal structures of this victim, preserving them intact until today," study lead author Pier Paolo Petrone, a forensic anthropologist at University Federico II of Naples in Italy, said in a statement.

Herculaneum was an ancient town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, which blew its top in a spectacular eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. A cloud of hot ash and gases, known as pyroclastic flow, buried Herculaneum as well as its famous neighbor, Pompeii. 

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Finding preserved brain tissue is rare in archaeology. But on occasion, brain tissue can survive for hundreds or thousands of years. For example, one 2,600-year-old skull found in a pit in Northern England contains the shrunken remains of a brain with some proteins still intact.

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Source: https://www.livescience.com/preserved-neurons-vesuvius-eruption.html

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Killa

Now thats what icall amazing. Few

5 minutes ago, tomsches said:

bish is still alive?

Is this some jurassic park plot?! 

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22 minutes ago, Hunty said:

I hope they bring him back to life :enigma:

I'm thinking like the movie '5th Element' 

Maybe they can reconstruct him from one little piece .... :flop:

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