Look what I stumbled across... a "twin" burial!

I've been looking up some ideas for our group project and I stumbled across this article called "Ice age 'twins' found in ancient burial ground." This of course caught my attention because our group is interested in looking at child burials and have been leaning towards doing something in that area for the project.

Back to the article - What was found near Krems in northern Austria was two (what they think are) newborn twins in the same burial together, however it can't be proven that they are biological twins until significant DNA evidence can prove it. The remains of the babies were not carbon dated at the time, but there were artifact found near them, such as beads that were dated between 27,000-40,000 years old, therefore the burial must be at least 27,000 years old. I remember talking about beads found in other child burials in an Anthropology class I took last year (Paleolithic Art). The photo below shows that the twins were buried side by side and it was intentional, I believe, because they are covered in ochre and that is something that I have come across a lot in multiple Anthropology classes. 

I found it very interesting that the newborns were found underneath a woolly mammoth's shoulder blade, which was propped up by a mammoth tusk. I haven't heard of other burials like that before. It makes me wonder if they were placed underneath the bones so they were easy to come back and visit, or if it was simply extra protection from predators.

Here is a link to the article if you want to read it as well!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8063-ice-age-twins-found-in-ancient-burial-ground.html

The "twins" covered in ochre (The photo can be found here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8063-ice-age-twins-found-in-ancient-burial-ground.html)