2 Infants buried in Peru about 1,600 years ago; one had a rare fatal birth defect called cyclopia

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In southern Peru, archaeologists uncovered the remains of two infants buried together, one exhibiting cyclopia. Genetic analysis confirmed that the infant with cyclopia had…

We often look back in time through the eyes of the victors, the rulers and the elite. Even in their funerals, they are commemorated as such so we learn a lot about them. Sometimes, we learn about the past through ordinary men and women, discovering their stories and lives.Rarely do we find stories from babies. Their lives are often too brief to leave behind much of a historical record, and their remains can tell us only so much. In southern Peru, archaeologists discovered the remains of two infants buried together in a ceramic vessel. One of them had a single eye socket in the centre of her face, a rare congenital condition known as cyclopia.

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