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800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double…

Latest from Live Science ·Sandee Oster·3 days ago
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About 800 years ago, two people were buried in an embrace in a prominent church in Poland. Now, a new DNA analysis of the "hugging skeletons" reveals that both individuals were women and that they were not genetically related.

The discovery, which researchers say is the first known same-sex double burial in medieval Poland, raises questions about the women's relationship.

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