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Levitatingtoday at 5:13 AM3 repliesview on HN

"...uncovered the graves of nine skeletons dated to the early 1300s. Five, including Skeleton 150, dated to the 1300s."

That seems like a contradiction.


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kijintoday at 8:51 AM

I parsed it as ((mass grave containing 9 skeletons) dated to the early 1300s) && ((5 skeletons) dated to the 1300s).

As in, the grave itself was dated, and 5 of the 9 skeletons found inside were also individually dated to roughly the same century. Maybe the other 4 were not tested, or turned out to have been buried at a later date.

normie3000today at 6:01 AM

I hate to contradict you, but it seems like a tautology.