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'Alien' Skulls Excavated in Mexico Deliberately Warped, Scientists Say
Fox News ^ | December 21, 2012 | Charles Choi

Posted on 12/23/2012 9:07:44 AM PST by DogByte6RER

Edited on 12/23/2012 9:23:14 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Human skulls deliberately warped into strange, alien-like shapes have been unearthed in a 1,000-year-old cemetery in Mexico, researchers say.

The practice of deforming skulls of children as they grew was common in Central America, and these findings suggest the tradition spread farther north than had been thought, scientists added.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Science; Society; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alien; aliens; archaeology; cemetery; chupacabra; godsgravesglyphs; mexico; skulls
alien Pictures, Images and Photos

The elongated skulls look eerily similar to the creatures in the "Alien" sci-fi franchise ...

1 posted on 12/23/2012 9:07:56 AM PST by DogByte6RER
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More coverqage with video news story ...

‘Alien’-Like Skulls Found in Mexico

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/alien-looking-human-skulls-found-in-mexico/


2 posted on 12/23/2012 9:09:52 AM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Few things odd about the photo ,,,, The jaw bone and the eye socket ? And why is the skull casting a shadow ?


3 posted on 12/23/2012 9:16:33 AM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: DogByte6RER

mexico, land of aliens


4 posted on 12/23/2012 9:18:30 AM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: DogByte6RER

The Huns did this to their priests. Fairly common in history. Weird, but people do strange things.


5 posted on 12/23/2012 9:21:04 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: piroque
And why is the skull casting a shadow ?

Light travels in straight lines. A shadow is caused when light beams hit an object and bounce off, preventing the light beams from passing through and hitting the ground on the other side.

6 posted on 12/23/2012 9:27:18 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: DogByte6RER
Aliens Pictures, Images and Photos
7 posted on 12/23/2012 9:33:03 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: DogByte6RER

8 posted on 12/23/2012 9:37:31 AM PST by mnehring
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To: max americana
Indians of the Columbia River area once did this as well, making their skulls sort of pointed. They derisively called their neighbors "flatheads," which gave rise to the white man's adopting the term "Flathead Indians" to refer to tribes who actually had normal shaped skulls.
9 posted on 12/23/2012 9:40:40 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: tumblindice

Lolololol


10 posted on 12/23/2012 9:41:15 AM PST by Drill Thrawl (We have crossed the line from independence & liberty to dependency & servitude. We are doomed)
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To: piroque
Aliens casting shadows? That explains a lot...


11 posted on 12/23/2012 9:44:46 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: piroque

You are confused. Vampires don’t cast shadows, not aliens.


12 posted on 12/23/2012 9:48:44 AM PST by mnehring
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To: tumblindice

Hehehe...


13 posted on 12/23/2012 9:49:17 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some cultures are destined to remain stupid and we need to quit trying to uplift them.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

News for the gullible.


14 posted on 12/23/2012 9:58:31 AM PST by Rapscallion ( Even as the majority party, the stupid do not know how dumb they are.)
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To: DogByte6RER

From the looks of those teeth they had some pretty amazing dentistry and diet back then...


15 posted on 12/23/2012 10:01:24 AM PST by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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To: Mechanicos
Dental mutilation, as mentioned in the article, was commonly practiced.

Deliberate skull deformation as a mark of status goes back into prehistory. In the present U.S. the practice was common among several Indian tribes, including the Choctaw, Chehalis and Nooksack. They practiced head flattening by strapping the infant's head to a cradleboard. The Lucayan people of the Bahamas practiced it and the practice was also known among the Australian Aborigines.

See a Wiki article about the practice here: Cranial Deformation

16 posted on 12/23/2012 11:01:39 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: DogByte6RER

And then there’s the Starchild, also of Mexico:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starchild_skull


17 posted on 12/23/2012 5:10:49 PM PST by HomeAtLast ( If you care to reply, PM or risk non-detection amid ME ping list entries)
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To: humblegunner

study the pictyures again the ground isn’t level , so your theory is false.


18 posted on 12/24/2012 8:59:37 AM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: humblegunner

study the pictures again the ground isn’t level , so your theory is false.


19 posted on 12/24/2012 9:00:57 AM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: DogByte6RER; Renfield

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Thanks DogByte6RER. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


20 posted on 12/24/2012 5:24:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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