Nearby panels explain that Magdalenian Woman was about 30 years old when she died, was part of a sophisticated nomadic society of hunter-gatherers who followed the animal migrations, and ate a pretty healthful and plentiful diet.

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David Lawrence, from the Nomadic Preservation Society, was a friend of Miss Dean and said he was "very sad" to hear the news.

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Save the Children Fund, which runs shelters in Mongolia to get children back into society, also pays for mobile kindergartens that follow nomadic herders.

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