News Summary

• Young donkeys sacrificed for reasons unknown were found beneath Canaanite homes in the Levant.
• All four of the donkeys found under the floors of homes in Canaanite Gath, about 4,600 to 4,500 years ago, were young, female and hailed from Egypt.
• The jaw of a fifth donkey from the same time, which showed marks suggesting it had been butchered and eaten, was a local, Elizabeth Arnold of Grand Valley State University, Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University, and colleagues report in PLOS One.