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The skulls, two from adults and one from a child, appear to have been fashioned into cups, according to a recently published report. Accounts of skull cups used in ancient rituals are widely accepted, but scientists say it’s rare to actually discover the primitive tools. The cups, found in Gough’s Cave in Somerset, will be housed at the Natural History Museum of London. They’re believed to be about 14,700 years old, dating back to ice-age inhabitants of that area.

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