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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about strangely shaped skulls and what it is to be a human
Links:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/kow-swamp
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003552123000900
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X16304187
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_modification
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracas_culture
0:00 Aliens skulls or what?
1:45 Most famous examples from Peru - Paracas skulls
3:55 DNA mutation?
4:48 Australian skulls from 13,000 years ago
5:30 Ancient China
6:00 Central Asia and Europe
7:00 Most recent example - Toulouse
7:55 Last culture to do this - Mangbetu
8:40 Possible reasons for this practice
11:00 Every region on the planet!
11:20 Body modification is very common and especially teeth
12:40 Castration too?
14:00 What this means for being a human
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about strangely shaped skulls and what it is to be a human
Links:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/kow-swamp
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003552123000900
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X16304187
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_modification
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracas_culture
0:00 Aliens skulls or what?
1:45 Most famous examples from Peru - Paracas skulls
3:55 DNA mutation?
4:48 Australian skulls from 13,000 years ago
5:30 Ancient China
6:00 Central Asia and Europe
7:00 Most recent example - Toulouse
7:55 Last culture to do this - Mangbetu
8:40 Possible reasons for this practice
11:00 Every region on the planet!
11:20 Body modification is very common and especially teeth
12:40 Castration too?
14:00 What this means for being a human
Enjoy and please subscribe
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Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
horseman7869 CC BY 2.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vietnamese_old_woman_with_black_teeth.jpg
thehistoryblog.com https://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/articles/358/paracas-mummy-bundles
Molly McHugh CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon#/media/File:Lady_with_Tame_Falcon_in_Yanque,_Peru.jpg
Robrrb CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracas_culture#/media/File:Head_Shaping.jpg
Rama CC BY SA 2.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation#/media/File:Elongated_skull_IMG_6686-6689.jpg
Didier Descouens C CBY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation#/media/File:Déformation_Péruvienne_MHNT_Noir.jpg
(James Di Loreto, Donald H. Hurlbert, & Jennifer Hill, Smithsonian Institution)
Anagoria CC BY 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation#/media/File:0511_Turmschädel_Württembergisches_Landesmuseum_Stuttgart_anagoria.JPG
Didier Descouens CC BY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation#/media/File:«_déformation_toulousaine_»_MHNT.jpg
Martin Tlustochowicz/Wiki Commons CC BY 2.0)
Steve Evans - flickr.com/photos/babasteve/351227116 CC BY 2.0
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