Human remains from ancient times were discovered several months ago along a riverbank in rural Indiana, officials announced this week.

Scientific analyses, including carbon dating, confirmed that the finding on the bank of Fayette County's Whitewater River was once a portion of a human skull, the Fayette County Coroner's Office said in a social media post Monday. The tests also traced the origin of the remains back to around 2300 BCE — 4,270 years ago, according to the post.

The coroner's office said the remains were initially spotted in June and reported to the Fayette County sheriff. Eddie Richardson, the coroner, thanked a "landowner" for filing the report but didn't share the owner's identity or details about how the person uncovered the skull.

"This discovery underscores the im

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