700yo child's skull washes up in Sydney

Police are looking for the owner of a 700-year-old human skull found washed up on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

The child's skull was found on September 12 last year at the Basin, north of Mona Vale Beach.

Investigators enlisted the help of anthropologists at New Zealand's University of Waikato, who used radiocarbon dating to conclude the skull was about 700 years old.

The experts concluded the skull belonged to a child between four and six years old, who was not Indigenous.

Northern Beaches detectives say the skull probably belongs to a private collector, a museum or a research facility.

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Story as reported in Sept
Unlocking secrets of the skull found on Mona Vale beach

THERE is no name. The age is unclear.

Police are not even sure what gender the child was nor how long he or she has been dead. These are just some of the mysteries forensic experts hope to answer as they conduct various tests on a skull that was found after being washed up on Mona Vale beach.

As Glebe Coroner's Court began its investigations yesterday, a spokeswoman said: "The person could have been a missing person who has been in the water for a while. We don't even know if it's Australian.

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