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- | Pacific Indigenous leaders have a new plan to protect whales. Treat them as people | + | Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding |
+ | he ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other underground caverns. | ||
- | For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing | + | A long-held misconception |
- | The environmental activist | + | The new analysis, based on ancient DNA from the remains |
- | The document is part of a multi-pronged effort to safeguard whales, which also includes quantifying their monetary value as carbon-depleting | + | “There were two big moments |
- | While the declaration is non-binding and would still need government recognition to become law, conservationists hope personhood will lead to enhanced protection for these creatures, with many species endangered. | + | “We were thinking, influenced by traditional archaeology that we would find, a non-sex-biased burial or mostly girls,” he said. |
- | “Our mokopuna | + | “And the second one (was) when we found out that some of them were related and there were two sets of twins.” |