Having women in charge is good for your health (if you’re a woman!) Study finds females living in matriarchal societies have lower blood pressure The matriarchal Mosuo tribe in southwest China was the subject of a new study Researchers found women had lower blood pressure than in villages run by men Blood samples found chronic … Read more
Oxford museum removes shrunken heads made by Amazon headhunting tribe after bosses said exhibiting human remains ‘reinforces racist and stereotypical thinking’ Pitt Rivers Museum took down display ahead of its reopening on 22 September Dr Laura Van Broekhoven said collection goes against the museum’s ‘core values’ The removal comes as part of a three-year internal … Read more
The Lost Colony of Roanoke has been an unsolved American mystery for centuries, but to Scott Dawson it was not the English settlers who went missing, it was the Croatoan tribe who helped them that did. Dawson, an author and hobby archaeologist, has spent nearly a decade searching for proof that the group integrated with … Read more
It is one of America’s oldest unsolved mysterious, but a hobby archaeologist believes to have uncovered the truth behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In 1587 a group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island to start a new life, but three years later more than 100 of the colonists vanished – leaving only the … Read more
Stunning images show women of the Suri tribe who wear 16ins lip plates as a symbol of beauty The Suri tribe inhabit the mountains of the Omo Valley in the plains of south-western Ethiopia in Africa Photographer Raúl Barrero, 39, from Alicante, Spain, captured the women in a series of portraits During puberty, girls have … Read more
Exam board apologises and withdraws GCSE psychology textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary in a pot The picture in the AQA textbook shows two white missionaries, captured by a group of black men said to be cannibals, cooking one of the missionaries The wider context in the psychology text book was … Read more
Exam board apologises and withdraws GCSE psychology textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary in a pot The picture in the AQA textbook shows two white missionaries, captured by a group of black men said to be cannibals, cooking one of the missionaries The wider context in the psychology text book was … Read more
A photographer told of his horror after two members of the generally-peaceful Suri tribe in Ethiopia held him and his daughter at gunpoint in a horrific robbery ordeal. Geography teacher-turned photographer Trevor Cole, 64, said one tribesman pointed a Kalashnikov while another brandished a machete at him, his 20-year-old daughter and another photographer during a … Read more
This year, your summer holiday says more about you than cash ever can. Pre-corona, some people were humble-bragging about the Seychelles (‘We got a fabulous deal online’), this year it’s Salcombe. So, are you a staycation sissy or an adventure addict ready to brave airport hell? This year, your summer holiday says more about you … Read more
In 1587 a group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island to start a new life, but three years later more than 100 of the colonists vanished – sparking one of America’s oldest unsolved mysterious. Now, some four hundred years later, archaeologists have stumbled upon evidence that sheds light on their disappearance. Scott Dawson, a … Read more