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Evidence of Deliberate Brain Removal and Bone Working Found in Iron Age Scottish Burials

The study argues these careful postmortem treatments and wide kinship ties point to complex funerary practices and maritime networks among coastal communities.

Iron Age Skull Shows Signs of Deliberate Brain Removal, Study Finds

New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England

Smoke-Dried Mummies Across Southeast Asia Rewrite Mummification’s Origins

Isotope Study Links 6,000-Year-Old Alsace ‘Victory’ Burials to Outsider Victims

Study Confirms 5,700-Year-Old Cannibalism During Neolithic Conflict at El Mirador Cave

Ancient DNA Reveals Lost 6,000-Year-Old Hunter-Gatherers on Colombia’s Altiplano