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A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern at the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern shows curator Johanna Kluegl removing sheet of plastic protecting a blackened bast-fibre, braided basket from Neolithic discovered at the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail in the Bernese Alps 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern at the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern shows a laced shoe found with the remains of a prehistoric man dating back to around 2,800 BC discovered at the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail in the Bernese Alps 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern at the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern shows curator Johanna Kluegl observing a blackened bast-fibre, braided basket from Neolithic discovered at the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail in the Bernese Alps 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at the archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais showing a shoe from the 17th century found in a glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern shows curator Johanna Kluegl holding a box in the storeroom of the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern at the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern shows curator Johanna Kluegl observing a blackened bast-fibre, braided basket from Neolithic discovered at the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail in the Bernese Alps 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais holding a Celtic artifact from the Iron Age representing a human-shaped statuette, with a flat, frowning face discovered in 1999 in Arolla glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at the archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais holding a pendant from the 17th century found in a glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais holding a Celtic artifact from the Iron Age representing a human-shaped statuette, with a flat, frowning face discovered in 1999 in Arolla glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

A picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais holding a Celtic artifact from the Iron Age representing a human-shaped statuette, with a flat, frowning face discovered in 1999 in Arolla glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP