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Chinese researchers have identified what they believe is the earliest known example of someone’s foot being cut off as a punishment, based on analysis of a skeleton found in a tomb in the northwest of the country. The team from Peking University said a biomedical examination of the remains of the woman ruled out medical or other reasons for the amputation and said the victim had lived for at least five years after the punishment had been carried out. Cutting off one or both feet, a practice known as yue, was one of the five punishments of ancient China –...
