Watch | Incredible 5000-year-old fossil of mother holding child discovered

These are the remains of a young mother cradling an infant child in her arms. They lived and died about 4,800 years ago.

The Prehistoric skeletons were recently unearthed at a grave site in central Taiwan.

The fossils represent the earliest trace of human activity in the country. Carbon dating was used to determine the ages of the fossils, which included five children.

The mother is believed to have been about 20-years old when she died. So far, the gender of the child is not known.