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Hundreds of elongated skulls found in Perù (infosec.pub)
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One of the hundreds of elongated skulls that were discovered in 1928 at Paracas Peninsula in Peru. Cranial deformation was practiced by the Paracas civilization (800-100 BCE) by tightly wrapping the head in cloth, during the first few years of life, in order to elongate the cranium

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

This is pretty fucking weird, but I can sort of see how a weird beauty ideal becomes the norm, and at least having a long skull isn’t automatically an impairment. Meanwhile the old Chinese bound the feet of their women, super painful and making them completely useless because they simply can’t walk or stand and have to be carried everywhere. Also a beauty ideal, but even more weird in my opinion because it’s straight up crippling