The true origins of China’s mysterious hanging coffin tradition revealed through ancient DNAA new genetic study is reshaping what researchers know about one of southern China’s most distinctive mortuary traditions—the Hanging Coffin practice—and the people who carried it out. By analyzing both ancient and modern DNA, scientists have traced a clear ancestral link between the communities behind this striking burial custom and...More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/tru@archaeology#archaeology