Sierra Leone is battling an epidemic of drug abuse by its youth. Recent social media posts claimed that a photo of people digging graves showed addicts removing human bones to grind into a synthetic drug called “kush”. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the photo showed graves being dug for the victims of a mudslide in the West African country in 2017.
Soldiers front teeth were collected from war dead for use by dentists following Napoleonic-era battles, including at Leipzig and the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Above: A denture set from the era.
Pioneering groups of humans braved icy conditions to settle in northern Europe more than 45,000 years ago, a "huge surprise" that means they could have lived there alongside Neanderthals, scientists said Wednesday.- A cold change -
This means there was even more time for modern humans to have lived side-by-side with their Neanderthal cousins, the last of whom died out in Europe's southwest 40,000 years ago.