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The burials of infants with Down syndrome in Europe provide insight into how babies with genetic conditions were cared for in premodern times, according to a new study

Down syndrome, which occurs in 1 in 700 babies today, is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.

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Aristotle called the hand the “tool of tools”; Immanuel Kant, “the visible part of the brain.” The earliest works of art were hand

Archaeologists offer a new explanation for one of the century’s grislier finds, “a carefully gathered collection of hands” in a 3,500-year-old temple.

Twelve severed hands found buried at an ancient Egyptian palace were likely cut from enemies and exchanged for gold in a ceremony known as "gold of honor," a new study finds.

A DOZEN severed hands discovered in an ancient Egyptian palace could have been chopped off captured enemies while they were still alive.Archaeologists

“To the victor belong the spoils" and its many variations is an adage that seems to have been around forever based

The researchers noted in the study that the right hands belong to at least 12 adults - 11 males and one female.

Amputated limbs, which according to sources were used to count dead warriors, have been excavated from three pits in a 15th dynasty palace at Avaris