Genetic Analysis Reveals Family Sacrifices in 1,500-Year-Old Moche Tomb in Peru

A genetic study of a 1,500-year-old Moche tomb in Peru has revealed a unique sacrificial ritual involving family members. Two teenagers, one a boy sacrificed to his father and a girl to her aunt, were found buried alongside high-status individuals in a tomb at the Huaca Cao Viejo temple. This discovery, reported in PNAS, challenges previous assumptions about Moche sac…

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