The human remains were found to be as old as Britain's oldest complete skeleton, the Cheddar Man
SOUTH WEST HERITAGE TRUST
Two boxes of human remains rediscovered after 55 years have been found to be as old as the Cheddar Man - Britain's oldest complete skeleton.
The bones were discovered in a cave in Cannington Park Quarry near Bridgwater, Somerset, in the 1960s.
Soon after they "disappeared", and were recently found at Somerset Heritage Centre near Taunton, Cotswold Archaeology said.
Radiocarbon dating has shown them to be more than 9,000 years old.
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