CLASSIC: The Strange World of Inexplicable Skeletons
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Origins of Elongated Skulls
These elongated skulls were probably most likely created by binding, which is this ancient practice where civilizations would purposefully change the shape of their skull. It's like a extreme version of like foot binding in Asian cultures. This is for like almost to show, not royalty, but like there's a social status that was associated with this head binding.
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