2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received 'cruel' punishment in ancient China

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• FMT99@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But she suggested an alternative reason for the missing portions of the skeletons’ legs. “Amputation due to trauma is a simpler explanation,” she said.

  It’s likely that the amputation was performed to manage an infected fracture or an injury

  Well…

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The amputations were almost identical and the article mentions previous similar finds. There’s documented use of yue for over 1000 years before and 500 years after the finding in ancient penal codes. In this case, it looks like both explanations are equally plausible.

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• maculata@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe they just into that sort of thing.

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• hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is that better or worse than heads chopped off?

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  • Minarble@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends which order they do it in.

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• Coldgoron@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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