Shara E. Bailey

Apr 3, 2024 | sapiens.org | Christian A. Tryon |Shara E. Bailey |Bridget Alex |Penny Spikins

Please note that this article includes images of human remains. “These teeth don’t belong to Egbert!”In a museum basement, we huddled over a black-and-white photograph showing pieces of a lower jawbone and its loose teeth. The photo captured evidence of a missing child—one who had been buried 40,000 years ago, only to be discovered and then lost by archaeologists.