Read more about the article KEEP IT IN THE FARM-ILY: Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows olive harvesting in the Aegean Bronze Age, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)
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KEEP IT IN THE FARM-ILY: Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage…

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January 17, 2023
Read more about the article Falling Dad Twists Body To Protect Tot After Stumbling Off Steps
Father falls with child in arms in Handan, China. (dyzss8rtx5sa/AsiaWire)
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Falling Dad Twists Body To Protect Tot After Stumbling Off Steps

This is the moment a stumbling dad manages to twist his body and protect his toddler son while falling off some steps. The incident was filmed in the city of Handan in the Chinese province of Hebei on 26th January. In the video, the father is seen comforting his son…

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February 3, 2022
Read more about the article Freshfaced Russian Schoolboy Who Stabbed Violent Stepfather to Death to Protect Mum and Infant Sister Escapes Jail
Alexei Tolstikhin, 14, who stabbed his stepdad in order to protect his mother from physical violence will not be sentenced to prison in the Russian republic of Buryatia. (Vera Tolstikhina/Newsflash)
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Freshfaced Russian Schoolboy Who Stabbed Violent Stepfather to Death to Protect Mum and Infant Sister Escapes Jail

This fresh-faced schoolboy who stabbed his drunken stepfather to death to protect his mother and little sister will not go to jail. Alexei Tolstikhin, 14, fatally stabbed his stepfather, Ghenady Beloborodov, with a knife in the Republic of Buryatia in Russia on 8th January. But prosecutors have decided he acted…

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August 3, 2021
Read more about the article Grieving Dog Braves Oncoming Traffic To Protect Dead Body Of Pal Hit By Car On Busy Motorway
Female dog protecting the body of a dog that had been run over by a car, on a street in Guarapari in Brazil, on 4 June 2021. (Policia Rodoviaria Federal/Newsflash)
Animals

Grieving Dog Braves Oncoming Traffic To Protect Dead Body Of Pal Hit By Car On Busy Motorway

This is the moment a dog stands over the dead body of another dog in the middle of a busy motorway. https://youtu.be/CkFq_N91-fo The poignant footage was filmed on the BR-101 motorway in the municipality of Guarapari in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo on the morning of 4th June.…

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June 8, 2021
Read more about the article South Africa Dehorns Rhinos To Save Them From Poachers
Hundreds of rhinos in game reserves in the North West have been dehorned to protect them from poachers. (Newsflash)
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South Africa Dehorns Rhinos To Save Them From Poachers

South African conservationists have dehorned hundreds of endangered rhinos to protect them from poachers. As international borders reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African government has warned game reserves around the country to prepare for a possible resurgence in rhino poaching. As a result, conservationists in the province of…

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October 22, 2020