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Eternal love? mother and baby in a 4,800-year embrace

Eternal love? mother and baby in a 4,800-year embrace
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Archaeologists have discovered the fossilised remains of a mother cradling a baby in Taiwan.

Archaeologists have discovered the fossilised remains of a mother cradling a baby in Taiwan.

The embrace has lasted for 4,800 years.

 The mother and child were found during the excavation of 48 sets of remains and are believed to be the earliest evidence of human activity in central Taiwan.

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