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Surprising identities of Pompeii victims rewrite stories from the cataclysm (www.science.org)
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DNA results from Pompeii, published today in Current Biology, are forcing archaeologists to re-evaluate many of their long-held assumptions. For example, researchers had long assumed the huddled forms of two adults and two young children, found together in one of Pompeii’s most luxurious dwellings, were a mother, father, and their children. A golden bracelet weighing half a kilogram on the wrist of one adult with a child on their lap reinforced the idea one adult was a wealthy matron.

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

“It might be natural to try to help a small child that’s crying and terrified, even if you don’t know that child,” Mittnik says.

Might? Like, I don’t enjoy spending time with kids, most of the time, but no fucking way I wouldn’t try to help them. Also, they’re less likely to cry if you’re comforting them.