The skeleton of the Porsmose man was found in 1946, in a peat bog near Næstved, Denmark, with arrows still embedded in his skull and breastbone.
Have scientists finally solved a prehistoric cold case - 5,600 years after it happened?
Er, no. We'd need to redefine the words 'scientists' and 'solved' for that to be so!
Nevertheless, the reality is fascinating and revealing - and it's great material for the imagination.
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LINKS:
MAIL ONLINE article: https://shorturl.at/jwgq2
ORIGINAL PAPER (translated from Portugese): https://shorturl.at/vbHDz
00:00 - Intro, titles & preamble
00:54 - “He was not a lucky man!”
02:60 - Outlining our process
04:32 - ARTICLE NARRATION 1
04:55 - What is the meaning of ‘Porsmose’?
05:49 - ARTICLE NARRATION 2
06:47 - How we percieve injury as life threatening or not
08:01 - ARTICLE NARRATION 3
08:34 - Some context for the paper
09:45 - ARTICLE NARRATION 4
10:50 - Methodology of the study
14:42 - ARTICLE NARRATION 5
15:43 - More methodology
17:39 - Overlooked clue 1: a second body?
19:14 - Overlooked clue 2: two types of arrowhead.
19:47 - A fantasy narrative from the National Museum of Denmark: helpful or misleading?
22:53 - Another clue: the angle of entry of the two arrows
25:19 - Rounding up & goodbyes
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