A discovery of 32 skeletons from the Moche and Lambayeque cultures in ancient Peru has revealed half of the remains were missing their feet. It is believed these people, of which many were children, had their feet removed after death to be re-purposed for use in jewellery. The gruesome practice was commonplace in the civilisations and the small bones of the feet were often made into lockets to be worn by surviving family members. Researchers at the site also unearthed 60 large urns covered with blankets which contained the remains of Alpacas, llamas and guinea pigs. Scroll down for video Many of the 32 skeletons were children and they had their feet removed after death to be re-purposed for use in jewellery The gruesome practice was commonplace in the civilisations and the small bones of the feet were often made into lockets to be worn by surviving family members A discovery of 32 skeletons from the Moche and Lambayeque cultures in ancient Peru … [Read more...] about Archaeologists find grim haul of 1,700-year-old skeletons in Peru with half their feet MISSING because the bones were ‘used to make JEWELLERY’
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Dramatic moment man, 38, who travelled 100 miles to ‘meet a 13-year-old girl’ makes a desperate escape bid after he is snared by paedophile hunters
This is the moment a man who thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl he'd sexually groomed was instead snared by paedophile hunters. John Boughton, 38, travelled 100 miles from his home in Leeds to Newcastle in the middle of the night after undercover organisation Dark Justice posed as the teen online and told him her parents had gone away. When he arrived in the Elswick area of the city at around 2am on October 28 Boughton was greeted by members of the group who confronted him and phoned the police. John Boughton, 38, pictured, travelled from Leeds to Newcastle to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex when he had been in contact with a gang of anti-paedophile activists Leeds Crown Court heard Boughton headed to the north east when he thought the fictitious 13-year-old girl's parents were away from home allowing him to engage in sexual activity Once he realised officers were on their way to arrest him Boughton was caught on camera making a run for it and managed … [Read more...] about Dramatic moment man, 38, who travelled 100 miles to ‘meet a 13-year-old girl’ makes a desperate escape bid after he is snared by paedophile hunters
Dogs burst in on family picnic and ‘tore at two-year-old like a piece of meat’
A woman has told of the terrifying moment five huge dogs burst through her fence and began mauling her two-year-old niece. Sandra McKevitt was looking after Ella at her home in Dingle, Liverpool, when the neighbour's pets broke down the fence and began 'tearing away at her like a piece of meat' She told BBC show Defenders UK that they had been playing in the garden on May 7, 2016, when their family picnic turned into a nightmare. Sandra's neighbour kept XL American Bullys, which can grow to 11 stone in weight, the Liverpool ECHO reports. She recalled: "We were having a nice little picnic eating these cakes. I was aware of the dogs but they weren't barking, they just seemed, if anything a bit restless." Suddenly, the dogs used their strength to break through the fence. Sandra said: "The next minute there was this big bang, through the fence I just saw this big dog's head. It was growling and it looked so vicious. I could see its eyes were wild and I thought 'we are going to have to move … [Read more...] about Dogs burst in on family picnic and ‘tore at two-year-old like a piece of meat’
New ‘human ancestor’ discovered: 3.6 million-year-old skeleton of Little Foot shows she was first to have longer legs than arms, grew to just 4ft tall and was vegan
A slew of ground-breaking research has found that a controversial skeleton may belong to a new species of ancient human. 'Little Foot', a hominin which lived 3.67 million years ago, was an entirely different species than anything we have ever seen before, according to scientists. Four scientific papers, which are yet to be peer-reviewed or published, claim the skeleton of an elderly female with a crippled left arm proves she does not belong to any known category. She was also discovered to have legs longer than her arms, a trait associated with the evolution of modern man as it favours bipedalism - walking on two legs. Other studies on the remains have found she had an exclusively plant-based diet and stood at just over four foot tall (130 cm). The proposed name of the species is Australopithecus prometheus. Scroll down for video 'Little Foot', a hominin which lived 3.67 million years ago (pictured), was an entirely different species than anything we have … [Read more...] about New ‘human ancestor’ discovered: 3.6 million-year-old skeleton of Little Foot shows she was first to have longer legs than arms, grew to just 4ft tall and was vegan
Furious mum slams Amazon delivery for ‘ruining’ six-year-old daughter’s Christmas
A mum has hit out claiming an Amazon delivery ruined the surprise of a Christmas present for her daughter. Joanna Lovell returned to her home on Wednesday evening with her daughter to be greeted by an unexpected sight. The pink and white Barbie ambulance she had ordered for her daughter Jasmine was sat on the doorstep, with no packaging surrounding the box. "When we got home there it was on the doorstep for all to see - and my daughter's eyes nearly popped out of her head with excitement when she saw it," the Hull Daily Mail reporter wrote. "I'd had no chance to hide it because although I'd had an alert on the app to say it had been delivered, I never for one moment expected it to arrive as it is, with just an address label stuck to the side." When Amazon was asked about the revealing delivery a spokesperson for the company noted its website website states the item arrives in packaging "which reveals what's inside". If you order the item off a phone however, the message is not … [Read more...] about Furious mum slams Amazon delivery for ‘ruining’ six-year-old daughter’s Christmas
