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Autonomous University of Barcelona: Women From the Bronze Age Already Carried Heavy Loads on Their Heads
April 24, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain, April 24 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news:

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Women from the Bronze Age already carried heavy loads on their heads

An interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals that women living in the region of Nubia (present-day Sudan) developed skeletal changes adapted to bearing heavy loads on their heads starting in the Bronze Age over 3500 years ago. The results, published . . .

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