Pre-historic farmer unearthed in Bulgaria

From novinite.com: Pre-Historic Farmer Unearthed in Bulgaria.

The skeleton of a pre-historic human believed to represent the first agricultural civilization existing on Bulgarian land was unearthed near the village of Ohoden, Vratsa district, northwest Bulgaria.

Archeologists found the skeleton on the riverbank of the local Skut River. The finding was approximately dated back 9,000 years, which makes the "Bulgarian farmer" five centuries older than the already known humans to have lived on the Balkan Peninsula. [continue]

Posted on October 31, 2004 09:24 AM. Filed under: history & archaeology.