For millennia, an ethnic group in what's now southwest China placed their dead in "hanging coffins" on cliffsides, but their identity has long eluded researchers. Now, a new genetic study reveals that ...

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In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals associated with the ancient Hanging Coffin tradition in Southeast and Southern ...

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