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Iron Age skulls reveal some babies had flat head syndrome—long before the 'Back to Sleep' campaign
Source: Phys.org · Published

Nearly 3,000 years ago, in central Italy, dozens of Picene people were laid to rest curled up on their sides, as if asleep. When their eternal slumber was disturbed thousands of years later,…
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