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The origins of mummies

South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead

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