Aussie expert on races will examine skulls

From the Times of India: Aussie expert on races will examine skulls HUBLI: The state archeology department (SAD) is seeking the opinion of a physio-anthropologist working in Australia on the mysterious skulls, found in Annigeri in August 2010. There have been conflicting reports regarding the history of the skulls. While a C-14 carbon dating test by Beta Anyalitic Inc, Miami, USA, claims that the skulls are 180 years old, the Bhubaneswar Lab test says they are about 638 years old.

The SAD has now decided to take the opinion of prof Raghavan of physio-anthropology department of Australia, who is an expert in the studies of Asian race.Speaking to TOI, R Gopal, director of the state archaeology department said, ''Raghavan is expected to visit Chennai next month. We will give him the C-14 carbon dating test reports and get the preliminary report from him. Then he may visit Annigeri to give his final opinion, he said.Around 600 skulls were discovered in Annigeri. The department of forensic odontology, in association with the department of oral pathology and oral and maxillofacial surgery, SDM, Dharwad, which examined 31 skulls said two skulls belonged to children and the rest of them belonged to men and women aged between 40 and 50 years.