Science briefs: Stress of Trail of Tears damaged Cheerokee skulls …

Science briefs: Stress of Trail of Tears damaged Cheerokee skulls …, Star Tribune (MN), April 26, 2014. Researchers have found that environmental stressors – from the Trail of Tears to the Civil War – led to significant changes in the shape of skulls in the eastern and western bands of the Cherokee people. Ann Ross, sociology and anthropology, featured.