Archaeologists have discovered a pile of 15 human skulls in a Neolithic village in Italy. The bones were worn and broken, but there was no evidence of violence, leading the researchers to suspect the heads were regularly handled as part of an ancient ancestor ritual.
Although human bones are often found in archaeological excavations of burial areas, this particular collection of skulls is unique because it was found inside a building, Jess Thompson, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge, told Live Science in an email.
