The skeletons of a man and woman as well as a child buried with them do not attract great attention at first glance among other very interesting artifacts and objects at the Peterborough Museum.<\/p>\n
But on closer inspection, one could clearly see that the man\u2019s skeleton has a leaf-shaped arrowhead between his ribs, a strong clue to the cause of this Neolithic age man\u2019s death thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n
The burial site of this group of people, whom are thought to be a family interred some 5,000-6,000 years ago, was first discovered at the Fengate archeological site, 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) east of Peterborough.<\/p>\n
The site, known as Flag Fen, was first discovered in 1982 by eminent British archeologist Francis Pryor, who specializes in Bronze and Iron Age Britain.<\/p>\n
Also the earliest human remains to have been excavated in the Peterborough area, the family members are thought to be the victims of the earliest murders in Britain. A baby skeleton, which was also found in the grave, is not exhibited for preservation purposes.<\/p>\n
Even Sherlock Holmes would be hard pressed to learn the full story of the deaths of the unlucky prehistoric couple, estimated to have been 25-30 years old when they met their end. But the Peterborough Museum exhibit presents the remains as the first known murder in Britain.<\/p>\n
In the Paleolithic to Neolithic age, between 4,500 BC and 2,500 BC, people started using stone tools they made by chipping harder stones.<\/p>\n
Axes, knives, and arrowheads first started to be used in the Neolithic age.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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