Evidence of New World's oldest decapitation found - CBS News

Scientists digging at rock a shelter in Brazil have discovered evidence of human decapitation that dates back 9,000 years, making it oldest case ever seen in the New World.

But the story of the headless remains - with hands cut off and resting on the face - from the period know as the Holocene doesn't have the brutal back-story that you might expect.

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