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- | Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding | + | Pacific Indigenous leaders have a new plan to protect whales. Treat them as people |
- | he ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other underground caverns. | + | For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing an ancestor.” The animals “taught our people about navigation across the Pacific, particularly across the Milky Way… And this is information that was given to our ancestors.” |
- | A long-held misconception | + | The environmental activist from the small town of Rangitukia, on New Zealand’s east coast, |
- | The new analysis, based on ancient DNA from the remains | + | The document is part of a multi-pronged effort to safeguard whales, which also includes quantifying their monetary value as carbon-depleting “bioengineers |
- | “There were two big moments of surprise here,” said lead study author Rodrigo Barquera, a researcher in the department of archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute | + | While the declaration is non-binding and would still need government recognition to become law, conservationists hope personhood will lead to enhanced protection |
- | “We were thinking, influenced by traditional archaeology that we would find, a non-sex-biased burial or mostly girls,” he said. | + | “Our mokopuna (grandchildren) deserve an ocean brimming with life, where the melodies of whales echo across the vast expanses,” Māori King Tūheitia Pōtatau |
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