Archaeologists identify remains of world's oldest human twins

The 7,700-year-old remains of a mother and her twins.
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Archaeologists from Canada's University of Saskatchewan and Russia's Irkutsk University have identified what they believe are the remains of the world's oldest-known set of human twins.

The skeletons were exhumed in 1997 in Siberia, but this is the first time anthropologists have identified the remains. The twin fetuses, buried with their mother, were found alongside 15 marmot teeth, which the archaeologists believe were attached to their clothing. The remains are roughly 7,700 years old, and archaeologists believe the twins suffocated during their mother's labor.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.