The heat from the Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79 turned one victim's brain to glass

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'This is the first ever discovery of ancient human brain remains, vitrified by heat,' one expert said.

Bone fragments from the victim's skull. The intense heat caused the skull to burst open. The glassy black material on some of the skull fragments are the vitrified brain tissue.The victim's remains were discovered in the 1960s but the materials in his skull had not been analyzed. The victim — a male about 25 years old — was lying facedown in the volcanic ash, Petrone told NBC News in an email.

Analysis of the proteins in the mass confirmed that the glass pieces were mostly brain matter, with some vitrified fat from human hair mixed in. That mixing is likely the result of the explosion of the skull and the swirling volcanic ash.Fragments of the glassy black material extracted from the victim's skull cavity. Testing revealed that this material was vitrified brain tissue.

The victim with the glassy brain was found farther from the water, in a building in the town called the Collegium Augustalium, according to the report.

 

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Utterly brilliant

'k...

And thus the first computer was born, probably.

Relevance? To ANYTHING?

We all know whose brain that is

nkjemisin reading one of your books and this science news made me think of it.

No it didn't...

This has to be the most goth item on the planet

so he lost his marbles ?

So their brain was made of sand?

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