The skull most likely belonged to a young man who lived around 5500 to 6000 B.C., the authorities said. It was found by two kayakers on a river depleted by drought.

Originally published May 18. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Last year, two kayakers in southwestern Minnesota found a fragment of a human skull that dates back nearly 8,000 years. According to the Renville ...

When news broke this week that a partial skull found along the Minnesota River could be 8,000 years old, Samantha Odegard and others in the Upper Sioux Community couldn't help but feel anger and ...

The kayakers found the skull in the drought-depleted Minnesota River about 110 miles (180 kilometers) west of Minneapolis, Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said.

Kayakers discovered a human skull in a drought-hit river last September. Experts say it likely belonged to a man who lived between 5,500 and 6,000 BC.

The Minnesota River near Shakopee, Minnesota. Authorities said a partial skull found along the river dates back 8,000 years. Courtesy / Minnesota Pollution Control Agency via MPR News ...

The kayakers found the skull in the drought-depleted Minnesota River about 110 miles (180 kilometers) west of Minneapolis, Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said.

Authorities in Minnesota say that two kayakers found a human skull in September 2021 that is nearly 8,000 years old and used carbon-14 analysis to make the determination.

Water flows into the Minnesota River from a pipe connected to the Blue Lake treatment plant in Shakopee, Minn., on Nov. 12, 2012. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune/Getty Images) ...