Elongated #skulls from all around the world
Mystery of the #Elongated #Paracas #Skulls (#DNA)-Analysis: • #elongation due to #genetics (not artif. #cranial #deformation) • cran. vol. ≤25% larger / wgt. ≤60% heavier (artif. deform. changes shape, not volume) • skulls not native to #Peru (from Eurasia 2,500 yr. ago?)
Elongated skulls discovered on Peru’s south coast on the Paracas desert peninsula in 1928 CE.
Discovered by a Peruvian archaeologist, Julio Tello - He recovered more than 300 elongated skulls.
