shunned

The bent and hunched bones of the woman with rickets. (Images by the journal Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society)

12 September, 2015 - 02:59 Mark Miller

Stone Age woman with deformities may have been shunned by her community

A case of possible ostracism because of deformation caused by rickets has come to light in an ancient burial from the Scottish island of Tiree. The remains of the Stone Age woman, buried about 5,000...