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Namaste All,

 

I recently said that the East Indian Scriptures have references to

different humans, mixtures etc. Well here is something to ponder

on...The only thing that I would like to add is the reason for the

reduction in brain cc about 10500 BCE, was due to the genetic

engineering of mixtures and left over humans from the great

destructions of floods, Atlantis etc Thats what we are....ONS...Tony.

 

 

 

http://www.enigmas.org/aef/lib/archeo/askulls.shtml

 

Skulls from Ica, Peru and Merida, Mexico

These skulls were photographed by Robert Connolly on his trip around

the world during which he was collecting materials about ancient

civilizations. The discovery of unusual skulls was thus an

unintended "spinoff" of his efforts. Robert Connolly published his

photographs on a CD-ROM, titled "The Search For Ancient Wisdom",

Cambrix, 1-800-992-8781, in 1995.

The data about the skulls is incomplete, and that makes the correct

assessment of their age, context with other hominids, as well as

placement of their origin extremely difficult. Some of the skulls are

very distinct, as if they belong to entirely different species,

remotely similar to genus Homo. The first thing that attracts

attention is the size and shape of the cranium in all the specimens.

There are 4 different groups represented in the pictures. As a matter

of convenience, I labeled them "conehead", "jack-o-lantern" or "J"

and "M" based on the shape of the skull, except the first and

possibly earliest type of skull, which I call "premodern".

When some of these pictures (the first two) were posted on CompuServe

more than year ago, the majority of people assumed that they

represented an example of binding of the head, well known to be in

fashion in ancient Nubia, Egypt and other cultures. The problem with

this theory is that the inside of the cranium of the mentioned

skulls, although elongated and with a back sloping, flattened

forehead, have the same capacity as normal human skulls; the only

difference is the shape achieved by frontal and side deformations.

They are actually more similar to the first type of skull (premodern)

with the rounded back, than the conehead type. The cone-shaped types

of skull are not found amongst the usual skull-binding samples.

The first skull presents problems of its own. The frontal part of the

skull seems to belong to an individual of the pre-Neanderthal family,

but the lower jaw, though more robust than modern human type, has a

modern shape and characteristics. The shape of the cranium does not

have any comparison with the Erectus, Neanderthal types, nor the

modern human type. Some minor Neanderthal characteristics are

present, as is the occipital ridge on the bottom back of the skull

and the flattened bottom of the cranium, other characteristics point

more tovards Homo Erectus. The angle of the cranial bottom is,

though, unusual. We cannot exclude the possibility of a deformed

individual in this case, but it is highly unlikely that the angle of

the frontal part would require a modification of the lower jaw in the

process of growing to resemble modern human types with their

projected chin rim. The answer seems to be that the skull belongs to

a representantive of an unknown premodern human or humanoid type.

As is obvious from the comparison with a modern human skull, the

cranial capacity lies within the modern human range. This is not

surprising, since the late Neanderthals and early modern humans (Cro-

Magnon) had larger cranial capacities (both roughly 1600 ccm to 1750

ccm) than modern humans (av. 1450 ccm). The decrease of the cranial

capacity (sudden at that -- the specimens of modern humans after

about 10500 BCE have smaller craniums) is a puzzling matter, but

that's another story.

No less puzzling is what a representative of a premodern human type

is doing on the South American continent. According to the orthodox

anthropology, this skull simply does not exist, because it cannot be.

Textbooks' oldest date of appearance of humans in North America is

about 35000 BCE and much later for South America, based on the

diffusion theory assumptions. The only accepted human types entering

the continent are of the modern anatomy. There are some other sources

that place all types of human genus in both Americas at much earlier

dates based on numerous anomalous finds, but the academe sticks to

its preconceived notions, no matter what. It's safer.

 

Premodern

The "premodern" skull and the following three specimens were found in

the Paracas region of Perú. It does not necessarily mean that they

are related. There is some possibility that the "premodern" is in

fact a precursor of the "conehead" type, but since we do not have any

dating analysis at hand, we may only speculate in this regard.

The "conehead" type is very unusual because of the cranial shape.

Here we have three specimens, which exclude the possibility of random

or artificial deformation (the already mentioned Nubian deformations

had quite a number of individual variations). They have individual

characteristics within the range of overall morphology. There is no

doubt that they are closely related and possibly represent quite a

distinct branch of the genus Homo, if not an entirely different

species.

The comparison of the C1 with a modern human skull has slight

inaccuracies, caused by a degree of distortion when rotating the

skull shape into position. As is obvious from C2 and C3, the angle of

the bottom part of the cranium does not deviate from normal. However,

the general proportions are correct.

 

Figure C1

The enormity of the cranial vault is obvious from all three pictures.

By interpolation, we can estimate the minimum cranial capacity at

2200 ccm, but the value can be as high as 2500 ccm. The shape of the

skull may be a biological response--a survival of the species

mechanism--to increase the brain mass without the danger of

relegating the species to extinction and keeping a viable biological

reproduction intact. However, since we do not see the representatives

of the "conehead" type in modern population, something prevented the

type becoming as widespread as it is in the case of present-day

moderns.

 

Figure C2

 

Figure C3

The "J" type of skull presents different sets of problems. It is an

equivalent of the modern type of skull in all respects, with only

several factors out of proportion. Less significant is the size of

eye sockets which are about 15% larger than in modern populations.

More significant is the enormity of the cranial vault. The estimated

cranial capacity ranges between minimum of 2600 ccm to 3200 ccm.

Again, the age of the specimen is unknown and so far I am not aware

of other specimens of this type. The variation on a theme may be

the "M" type of skull which is even more bizarre than all the

previous skulls.

 

Type "J"

The "M" type of skull is incomplete, as the lower part of the facial

area is concerned. What is apparent from the remnants of the facial

portion is that the characteristics are entirely within the range of

a normal human skull. The cranial vault, on the other hand, is the

largest amongst the displayed specimens. Also, the two

protruding "lobes" are highly anomalous. The cranial capacity can be

estimated safely above 3000 ccm mark.

 

Type "M"

Both "J" and "M" types are bordering on biological impossibility. The

only explanation I can imagine for the specimens to be naturally born

is if the neoteny (the ability of the species to prolong the growth

period before maturing) of both groups had been expanded beyond the

range for a modern type of human, for the skull to grow to such a

size. That may also mean the average life span of these specimens may

have been substantially longer than the average for the modern human

type.

Any conjectures that what these specimens represent are simply

deformations or pathological cases can be hardly substantiated.

Anomalous types of growth or shapes appear from time to time in the

modern human population, however, these occurences are still within

the range of the given species.The largest skull documented in the

medical literature had the cranial capacity of 1980 ccm, however, the

shape of the skull was normal. Also, it is necessary to keep in mind

that any pathological growth of the cranium has dire consequences for

the afflicted individual at the early stage of the development,

practically without exception. Nature is very unforgiving in this

respect. All the specimens presented here were mature individuals.

The capacity of the cranial vault (and thus the brain mass) and

intelligence is not necessarily indicated by the other. The

individual with the largest skull, already mentioned above, was a

retarded man, while Anatole France with his 1100 ccm was quite a

brilliant writer.

©1996 Lumir G. Janku

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