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  1. Jun 12, 2024 · The new analysis, based on ancient DNA from the remains of 64 people who archaeologists believe had been ritually sacrificed and then deposited in an underground chamber, found the victims were...

  2. Jun 12, 2024 · In-depth genetic testing of dozens of human remains found a ritual of sacrificing related male children in the Mayan city of Chichén Itzá.

    • kerry.breen@paramount.com
    • 8 min
  3. Jun 12, 2024 · Children sacrificed at Chichén Itzá have genetic links to people living near the ancient Maya city in Mexico, and hint at the effects of colonial-era epidemics.

    • Ewen Callaway
  4. Jun 13, 2024 · The new analysis, based on ancient DNA from the remains of 64 people who archaeologists believe had been ritually sacrificed and then deposited in an underground chamber, found the victims were...

  5. 3 days ago · Known archaeological remains of anatomically modern humans in Europe and Africa, directly dated, calibrated carbon dates as of 2013. Generally, modern humans are more lightly built (or more "gracile") than the more "robust" archaic humans.

  6. Jun 12, 2024 · In the spring of 1967, workers building a small airport behind Chichén Itzá, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, ran into a problem: Their excavations had uncovered human remains in the pathway of...

  7. Jun 13, 2024 · Burial, the disposal of human remains by depositing in the earth, a grave, or a tomb, by consigning to the water, or by exposing to the elements or to carrion-consuming animals. Burial practices are influenced by geography, religion, and the social system as well as by climate and topography.