DNA Analysis Of Paracas Elongated Skulls Released. The Results Prove They Were Not Human
Paracas is a desert peninsula located within the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. It is here were Peruvian archaeologist, Julio Tello, made an amazing discovery in 1928, a massive and elaborate graveyard containing tombs filled with the remains of individuals with the largest elongated skulls found anywhere in the world.
These have come to be known as the 'Paracas skulls'. In total, Tello
found more than 300 of these elongated skulls, which are believed to
date back around 3,000 years.
A DNA analysis has now been conducted on one of the skulls and expert
Brien Foerster has released preliminary information regarding these
enigmatic skulls. It is well-known that most cases of skull elongation
are the result of cranial deformation, head flattening, or head binding,
in which the skull is intentionally deformed by applying force over a
long period of time.
It is usually achieved by binding the head between two pieces of wood,
or binding in cloth. However, while cranial deformation changes the
shape of the skull, it does not alter its volume, weight, or other
features that are characteristic of a regular human skull. The Paracas
skulls, however, are different.
The cranial volume is up to 25 percent larger and 60 percent heavier
than conventional human skulls, meaning they could not have been
intentionally deformed through head binding/flattening.
They also contain only one parietal plate, rather than two. The fact
that the skulls' features are not the result of cranial deformation
means that the cause of the elongation is a mystery, and has been for
decades.
Mr. Juan Navarro, owner and director of the local museum, called the
Paracas History Museum, which houses a collection of 35 of the Paracas
skulls, allowed the taking of samples from 5 of the skulls.
The samples consisted of hair, including roots, a tooth, skull bone and
skin, and this process was carefully documented via photos and video.
The samples were sent to the late Lloyd Pye, founder of the Starchild
Project, who delivered the samples to a geneticist in Texas for DNA
testing.
The results are now back, and Brien Foerster, author of more than ten
books and an authority on the ancient elongated headed people of South
America, has just revealed the preliminary results of the analysis. He
reports on the geneticist's findings:
"It had mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) with mutations unknown in any human, primate, or animal known so far.
But a few fragments I was able to sequence from this sample indicate
that if these mutations will hold we are dealing with a new human-like
creature, very distant from Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans."
The implications are huge. "I am not sure it will even fit into the
known evolutionary tree," Foerster wrote. He added that if the Paracas
individuals were so biologically different, they would not have been
able to interbreed with humans.
The results need to be replicated and more analysis undertaken before final conclusions can be drawn.
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