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Skulls in the mail - a science mystery

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
November 13, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 06:52
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Two human skulls were mailed to Brigham Young University recently, to a department that doesn't exist ("BYU Historical Department") with a return address that doesn't exist, "Jim Crow, Route 3-126, Augusta, Mont."   

But that isn't the only mystery.   A television station then  reported the skulls were determined to be from about 1100 to 1300 A.D. , which didn't happen, while an  Associated Press story noted that a Utah state archaeologist had examined the skulls. Not so, the puzzled archeologist named Kevin Jones told FoxNews.com.

The skulls will be turned over to Utah's Native American leaders, a fact that Jones confirmed -- sort of.    

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