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Oldest-Known Human Brain Discovered
Smivs writes "The BBC report that archaeologists have found what could be Britain's oldest surviving human brain.
The team, excavating a York University site, discovered a skull containing a yellow substance which scans showed to be shrunken, but brain-shaped.
Brains consist of fatty tissue which microbes in the soil would absorb, so neurologists believe the find could be some kind of fossilised brain.
More tests will now be done to establish what it is actually made of.
The skull was discovered during an exploratory dig at Heslington Eastin, an area of extensive prehistoric farming landscape of fields, trackways and buildings dating back to at least 300 BC."
How about "oldest extant human brain"?
it is in the UK - writing was very uncommon until the Romans came and 'civilised' us.
One swallow does not a fellatrix make
Sigh,
It is not "just wrong." It might be slighted shortened to a conversational form. But I assure you, the definition has been around for 100-500 years.
From the Oxford english dictionary:
Survive,
1. a. intr. To continue to live after the death of another...to remain alive, live on.
1b: transf. To continue to exist after some person, thing, or event; to last on.
In this context, unless the brain is from a zombie, I would draw your attention to accepted definition 1b. Even you should be able to infer what the writer is trying to say.