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Iron Age People In Spain Drove Nails Through The Skulls Of The Dead And Put Them On Display For Different Reasons
In ancient times, saying goodbye to the dead was anything but simple. Many cultures practiced elaborate rituals to honor lost ...
The Scientist11y
More than Calcium
Analyzing ancient DNA from the skeletal remains of eight late Neolithic Iberian people, scientists now present evidence to suggest that one such hypothesis—that lactase persistence was selected for ...
Phys.org27d
Iberian nailed head ritual was more complex than expected, isotope analysis reveals
Severed heads were a unique funerary practice within the Iberian world and represent an ... that they could have belonged to important people of this community, venerated or vindicated by its ...
Origins of Food on MSN22d
Why People Pay So Much for Iberian Ham?
Iberian ham is the king of pork. It can cost up to $4,500 for a single leg of Spanish Jamon Iberico. Jamón Iberico de bellota is one of the highest quality varieties, and it’s marked with a black ...
BirdGuides2d
Iberian Lynx reintroductions blocked after lobbying by farmers and hunters
Iberian Lynx conservation is facing fresh challenges as several regional governments in Spain have moved to block ...
Panda3y
Back from the brink
Very few people have ever seen an Iberian lynx in the wild. Along with being extremely rare, it is also one of the most elusive species in the world. And lives in some of the wildest and most remote ...