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Archaeologists perplexed by mysterious Stone Age skulls found in Italian village

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have found a cache of over a dozen broken human …

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3 weeks ago

The 'bison skull mountain' photo that reveals the US's dark history

BBC

The 'bison skull mountain' photo that reveals the US's dark history Detroit Public Library The photo of two men standing on a mountain of bison skulls is well known as a symbol of hunting during the colonisation of the US. "A desire for wealth and power in the form of land ownership, chattel slavery, the drive for unending growth and …

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1 month ago

Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story

Raw Story

When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share some lore. “Legend has it,” she said, “John James Audubon really collected the skulls Morton claimed as his own.” Her voice was lowered so as not to disturb the other scholars in the hushed archive. A lecture he …

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15 Skulls Returned to Moluccan Village: A Historical Journey Home

Dutch News

The Vrolik museum in Amsterdam will return 15 skulls taken from the Moluccas in 1912 to the Moluccan village of Amtoefoe. The museum had acquired the skulls in 1912 when Indonesia was a Dutch colony, and they were used to illustrate ancestor worship in the islands. The return of the skulls is regarded as a great event by locals, who …

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15 Skulls Returned to Moluccan Village: A Historical Journey Home

Dutch News

The Vrolik museum in Amsterdam will return 15 skulls taken from the Moluccas in 1912 to the Moluccan village of Amtoefoe. The museum acquired the skulls in 1912 when Indonesia was a Dutch colony, and they were used to illustrate ancestor worship in the islands. The return of the skulls is regarded as a great event by locals, who hope …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

What archaeologists are learning from the discovery of 50 extremely rare Viking skulls

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Neeharika Roy Embraces Deepika Padukone's 'Shanti Priya' Vibes at Halloween Bash

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TV actress Neeharika Roy turns heads at the Halloween bash with her captivating portrayal of Deepika Padukone's iconic character, Shanti Priya from the film 'Om Shanti Om'. Dressed in an elegant black costume, she embraces the character's essence and expresses her excitement for the Zee Horror Night Shift Halloween Party.

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pod corner: 'Last Seen: Postmortem'

NPR

Pod corner: 'Last Seen: Postmortem' In the WBUR podcast Last Seen: Posmortem, host Ally Jarmanning digs into the world of legal remains trading. ALLY JARMANNING: I actually couldn't believe how easy it was to find human remains collectors to talk to. Justin and Sonya don't have any connection to the thefts at Harvard, but I want to talk to them …

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2 months, 1 week ago

50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark

LA Times

Skeletons and skulls sit in graves at an excavation site of a 10th century Viking burial ground in Aasum, Denmark, on Oct. 7. In a village in central Denmark, archaeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dye found in Doritos turns mouse's skin transparent like ‘magic trick’, new study finds

Hindustan Times

A common food dye found in the popular snack Doritos can turn a mouse's skin transparent, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University. Dye found in Doritos turns mouse's skin transparent Scientists at Stanford University conducted an experiment using a common food dye found in the popular snack Doritos to turn the skin of mice transparent. …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Revolt of the capybaras: Have these large rodents taken over — or reclaimed what's theirs?

Salon

Has social revolution spread to Argentina? The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.” When he wasn’t eating sleek brown rodents himself — probably the twenty pound agouti, which Darwin regarded as “the very best meat I ever tasted” — or collecting small tuco-tuco rodents as pets, the naturalist made important rodent fossil …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of ‘Game of Thrones’ props are up for auction, from Jon Snow’s sword to dragon skulls

Associated Press

After watching eight seasons of the epic saga “Game of Thrones,” fans can now enter what may be a competition on par with the battle for the Iron Throne: an auction of prized memorabilia from the HBO series. Jay Roewe, HBO’s senior vice president of global incentives and production planning, said the auction — a chance for fans to “grab …

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4 months ago

Rodrigo Bentancur's personal trainer offers update on Tottenham star after sickening clash of heads against Leicester left him knocked out cold and requiring oxygen on the pitch

Daily Mail

Rodrigo Bentancur's personal trainer has dished out an update on the midfielder's condition after his head smash with Abdul Fatawu on Monday night. Rodrigo Bentancur was knocked out after clashing heads with Abdul Fatawu on Monday night The Spurs star needed oxygen on the pitch and was stretchered off after lengthy treatment However, his personal trainer Daniel Fernandez has revealed …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch rowers bag third gold medal at Paris Olympics; Sailing team also finishes first

NL Times

Rowers Ymke Clevering and Veronique Meester have won Olympic gold in the double skulls. It is the third gold medal for the Dutch rowing team at the Paris Olympics. Sailors Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz also won gold after an insane end to the decisive medal race, NOS reports. “It went incredibly well.” Clevering and Meester’s victory in the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Is this the photo of the Olympics? Stunning shot of surfer Gabriel Medina goes viral

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is the Paris Olympics' surfing being held in Tahiti and what is the 'pile of skulls'?

ABC

Australia is looking like it could add to its growing medal tally in the next couple of days, with Jack Robinson joining Ethan Ewing in an all-Aussie quarterfinal in the Paris Olympics surfing. The legendary wave ‘at the end of the road’ Located on the lush mountainous south-western coast of Tahiti, Teahupo'o is often referred to as "the end of …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s called place of skulls. It’s the most terrifying venue in Olympic history

Live Mint

Before Olympic surfers actually see the Teahupo’o wave arrive, in those final pristine moments of calm before all hell breaks loose, they will hear it coming. “It’s not the time to be like, ‘Oh, God…I don’t know if this is going to work out for me,’" says Jessi Miley-Dyer, a pro surfer and Commissioner for the World Surf League. “You’ve …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is Olympic surfing taking place in Tahiti – 9,900 miles from Paris?

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fears mystery pile of bones could hide evidence of Japan’s dark past

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Risking life and limb for glory: Olympic surf competition to be held on world’s ‘heaviest wave’

LA Times

The world’s “heaviest wave” is born near the South Pole, where fierce storms pound the ocean’s surface like angry fists, sending pulses of energy racing north, unimpeded, for thousands of miles. “It’s amazing just to see what this world can make, what the ocean is capable of,” said Crosby Colapinto, 23, a professional surfer from San Clemente who has competed …

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6 months ago

Blundell’s School attempted murder: Boy found guilty of bludgeoning two sleeping students and housemaster at private boarding school

The Independent

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6 months ago

The warrah enigma: Why Darwin was fascinated by this now extinct coyote-like creature

Salon

From 1832 to1835, Darwin made his way through South America aboard HMS Beagle, during which time he made key observations pertaining to wildlife. “As far as I am aware,” he remarked, “there is no other instance in any part of the world, of so small a mass of broken land, distant from a continent, possessing so large a quadruped peculiar …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Meet the collectors of human body parts, from brains to fetal skeletons.

Slate

This piece was originally published by WBUR. Pauley makes his living in what’s called the “oddities” market, buying and selling human remains and even binding books in human skin. That’s not required with human body parts.” Lodge, now 56, and his wife, 64, were arrested last June and charged by federal authorities with trafficking in stolen human remains. In written …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Vampire Weekend brings Ska Night to the Hollywood Bowl

LA Times

Wednesday night, it turned out, was Ska Night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s how Ezra Koenig described Vampire Weekend’s latest visit to the iconic venue in the Cahuenga Pass, where he and his bandmates arrived this week not long into a world tour behind their fifth studio album, “Only God Was Above Us.” In truth, the LP has less to …

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Archaeologists perplexed by mysterious Stone Age skulls found in Italian village

The 'bison skull mountain' photo that reveals the US's dark history

Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story

15 Skulls Returned to Moluccan Village: A Historical Journey Home

15 Skulls Returned to Moluccan Village: A Historical Journey Home

What archaeologists are learning from the discovery of 50 extremely rare Viking skulls

Neeharika Roy Embraces Deepika Padukone's 'Shanti Priya' Vibes at Halloween Bash

Pod corner: 'Last Seen: Postmortem'

50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark

Dye found in Doritos turns mouse's skin transparent like ‘magic trick’, new study finds

Revolt of the capybaras: Have these large rodents taken over — or reclaimed what's theirs?

Hundreds of ‘Game of Thrones’ props are up for auction, from Jon Snow’s sword to dragon skulls

Rodrigo Bentancur's personal trainer offers update on Tottenham star after sickening clash of heads against Leicester left him knocked out cold and requiring oxygen on the pitch

Dutch rowers bag third gold medal at Paris Olympics; Sailing team also finishes first

Is this the photo of the Olympics? Stunning shot of surfer Gabriel Medina goes viral

Why is the Paris Olympics' surfing being held in Tahiti and what is the 'pile of skulls'?

It’s called place of skulls. It’s the most terrifying venue in Olympic history

Why is Olympic surfing taking place in Tahiti – 9,900 miles from Paris?

Fears mystery pile of bones could hide evidence of Japan’s dark past

Risking life and limb for glory: Olympic surf competition to be held on world’s ‘heaviest wave’

Blundell’s School attempted murder: Boy found guilty of bludgeoning two sleeping students and housemaster at private boarding school

The warrah enigma: Why Darwin was fascinated by this now extinct coyote-like creature

Meet the collectors of human body parts, from brains to fetal skeletons.

Vampire Weekend brings Ska Night to the Hollywood Bowl