Environmental Graffiti

12,000 Year Old Woman Found in Israel

Archeologists discovered the skeleton of a 12,000 year old, female shaman who belonged to the Near East Natufian Culture of 15,000 to 11,500 BCE. Grave offerings included 50 complete tortoise shells, a leopard's pelvis, the wing tip of a golden eagle, tail of a cow, two marten skulls and a human foot. All of these animals are rare in Natufian graves and the assemblage is highly unusual.

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Two Headed Reptile Zoo

‘We couldn’t force-feed it, because we don’t know which head eats.’ Meet the snake, crocodile and tortoise that are not only connected by their cold blood. These animals all have polycephaly: the condition of having two heads. These ‘conjoined twins’ although different are locked within the same operating body [...]

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