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Lei Huarui
Beijing
SCMP Contributor
Lei Huarui is a PhD candidate studying quaternary geoscience at Peking University. She covers the latest findings in China's scientific research with a special interest in early human history, earth evolution and paleoclimate change.

Modern scientific analysis has ruled out a medical reason for the amputation and say the woman could be the oldest known victim of one of the five punishments of ancient China.

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