The prehistoric ethnic group have long been hanging their dead in coffins on the mountainside, confusing researchers — but now it's been revealed their descendants are still alive The "Hanging Coffins" tribe has caused serious interest from researchers due to its mysterious practices (Image: Zhaotong Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics)

Researchers have been left baffled at a prehistoric group that has left its dead in "hanging coffins" . And what has struck them more is the fact their descendants are still alive today.

The Bo tribe in southwestern China is believed to have left their dead in these coffins for millennia. Now, anthropologists have made the shocking discovery the tribe's practices lasted for several centuries, even relatively close to the modern day.

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