A section of a human skull estimated to be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered along the banks of a river in Indiana, local coroners announced on Monday.

In a Facebook post , Fayette County coroner Eddie Richardson said the human remains were discovered earlier this year by a local landowner who reported it to police, and that the discovery added “a profound historical layer to our community on this Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” which is marked in the United States on Oct. 13.

Fayette County is a primarily rural area located approximately 112 kilometres southeast of Indianapolis and 100 kilometres northwest of Cincinnati.

“Preliminary analysis, including Radiocarbon Dating, has confirmed that a portion of a human skull discovered on the bank of the Whitewater River is approxim

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