Mystery Over 15th-Century Drilled Skull Solved
Researchers at the University of Pisa, Italy, have solved a longstanding mystery around the honeycombed skull of one of the Italian martyrs beheaded by 15th century Ottoman Turk invaders when they refused to give up their Christian faith. Featuring 16 perfectly round holes of various sizes and depth, the skull belonged to an individual who…
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Rossella Lorenzi - Discovery News
People Are Animals, Too
Tommy the chimpanzee got his day in court on October 8, 2014. He was unable to attend the hearing in ‘person’ – spending the day, like any other, in a cage in Gloversville, New York. But in an Albany courtroom, Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project argued that Tommy should be considered a person…
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Peter Aldhous - Mosaic Science
