Δευτέρα 30 Οκτωβρίου 2017

Monday, October 30th., 2017 Bizarre 'cone-headed' Skull of Woman from 2,000-year-old Ancient Silla Culture Discovered in Korea

Monday, October 30th., 2017

Sunday, October 29, 2017
Bizarre 'cone-headed' Skull of Woman from 2,000-year-old Ancient Silla Culture Discovered in Korea
Piecing together the woman's facial features and head shape revealed that she was a dolichocephalic - which means her head width was less than 75 per cent of its length
(Daily Mail
  • Skull found in a grave near Gyeongju, historic capital of the Silla Kingdom
  • Woman belonged to a genetic lineage still present in East Asia today
  • Carbon isotope analysis reveals the woman was a strict vegetarian 
  • She was also dolichocephalic, meaning her skull had abnormal proportions