Researchers Analyze Ancient Peruvian Hair, Conclude Stress Was Part Of Their Daily Lives

All Headline News ^ | December 10, 2009 | Ayinde O. Chase

[DJ MacWoW]

Aw heck. Menopause did it for me. My hair’s gray but my mustache isn’t. :-)

[50mm]

Here's a toy for you.

[azishot]

That REALLY made me laugh out loud!

My husband (who is losing his hair rather quickly) keeps telling me that I should *treasure* each hair...no matter where.

I’m a little more discriminating than that (I hope).

[Freedom2specul8]

50mm, after the day I had to day, (dr’s appt) I will take ALL of it! LoL

Dj/Az, I don’t appreciate all of *my* hairs. I now have to pluck 2 blonde hairs on my chin and a dark one. Does this make me a witch? ;-)

[Freedom2specul8]

LoL mustache— :^{/

[azishot]

Better a witch than a....nevermind, I was thinking of MO!

[50mm]

I now have to pluck 2 blonde hairs on my chin and a dark one.

[Freedom2specul8]

LM_O

Yep, since I graduated into my 40th decade I admit it, I have 3 chin hairs. ;) I pluck them with PAINfulpride.

[Freedom2specul8]

I wonder if chin hairs have cortisol in them too?!

[DJ MacWoW]

I found out that I had ONE whisker when my daughter told me that I had a hair stuck to my chin. I painfully pointed out that I don't use hairspray. *ahem*

Kim, as to being a witch, personally, I once took a 3 hour ride with Hubby at the height of menopause and never said a word to him. He was SO happy!

[Sherman Logan]

Many South American tribes were cannibals, and the Incas certainly practiced human sacrifice.

However, the particular method you describe is more likely to be Meso-American. Aztec, Maya, Toltec, etc.

[azishot]

OUCH!! But if you pluck them, how will I know you if I ever get to MEET you?

[azishot]

It’s those *little things* that keep our guys happy!

(Have we *highjacked* this thread? I don’t want to feel badly all day.)

[DJ MacWoW]

We should probably resort to freepmail.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I visited the ‘Pit of Doom’ (as I call it) at Chichen Itza, MX. It was the creepiest feeling I’ve ever had. It was a bottomless water-filled well that they used for human sacrifices; usually little boys and girls weighted down with gold and jewels.

I can’t believe that thieves haven’t dived down there to collect the loot. (Well, they probably have. That entire historic landmark was a mess; trash everywhere, no securty that I could see, etc.)

http://www.chichenitza.com/

[Freedom2specul8]

LoL I’ll probably be the one with a purse that looks like a suitcase for all the maintanence tools. :-) I would consider them stress reducers.

[Freedom2specul8]

Oops that last one was for 50mm. Sorry~

[Little Bill]

I don't think so. http://www.mesoamerica.ru/indians/south/winik_moche.html

[Sherman Logan]

Thanks for the link.

They didn't seem to exactly practice a "religion of peace," did they?

However, I stand by my point. The "drag 'em to the altar and cut out their beating hearts" is indeed pretty much a Meso-American practice. It's about the only thing the Moche didn't do to their captives.

[Little Bill]

I have had an interest in South American PreColumbian cultures for many years. If you have followed the GGG threads, over the years, you might have noticed I have a problem with the man is essentially peaceful and loving argument.

I also have a problem with the women is compassionate argument. My family grew up on the frontier and the word was the women did the hacking and slashing after the men did the killing.