According to Ars Technica, archaeologists examining Iron Age Britain have found apparent scrape marks inside skulls, suggesting a striking mortuary practice: possible brain removal. The evidence also includes long bones that appear to have been sharpened into tools. While the exact purpose of this practice remains speculative—spiritual, medicinal, or social—the findings reveal surprising sophistication in Iron Age death rituals and bone work.

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