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Deformed 'alien' skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire's collapse
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| April 30, 2020
| Mindy Weisberger
Posted on 05/04/2020 8:46:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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05/04/2020 8:46:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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05/04/2020 8:46:30 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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05/04/2020 8:50:18 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(Joe Biden- “First thing I’d do is repeal those Trump tax cuts.” (May 4th, 2019))
To: SunkenCiv
Skull flattening seems to have been very widespread, more than I ever thought.
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05/04/2020 8:50:21 AM PDT
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rdl6989
To: SunkenCiv
Another piece of evidence supporting my “Crazy People Did It” theory of weirdness in archaeological finds.
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05/04/2020 8:50:37 AM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
In a Hegelian style model, craziness is the antithesis of sanity, so, probably always been part and parcel of human behavior. But it's a pretty danged weird thing to do.
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05/04/2020 8:52:42 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: rdl6989
It's probably why the Germans developed aspirin, and then methadone.
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05/04/2020 8:53:43 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
These skulls are often attributed to the Alans, an Indo-Aryan group of steppe nomads pushed into the Balkans by the Huns. 'Alan' is a variant of 'aryan.'
According to mtDNA analysis of my genes, I am apparently the descendant of some Alan women. Since both sides of my family are originally from Normandy and Brittany, I was wondering how this could be.
It turns out that Aetius ("Last of the Romans") settled a group of Alans in what is now southern Normandy as foederati to help him keep order in Armorica (Brittany).
Hi mom!
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05/04/2020 8:54:12 AM PDT
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pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: SunkenCiv
“Is such a thing even possible?”
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05/04/2020 8:54:42 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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05/04/2020 8:55:20 AM PDT
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rdl6989
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05/04/2020 8:55:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Our youngest kid had a similar shaped head after the doc used a vacuum to suck her out of the womb. Quickly reshaped to normal....doesn’t seem to have held her back any. Still kid her about her pointy head.
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05/04/2020 8:57:48 AM PDT
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moovova
To: BenLurkin; rdl6989
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Is it even possible? Yes, it is.
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05/04/2020 9:02:46 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: pierrem15
Could be, moving significant numbers of various ethnic groups was something the Romans did a lot; also, ultimately, survival of a given strand of chromosome is luck of the draw.
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05/04/2020 9:04:20 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/04/2020 9:05:42 AM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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To: SunkenCiv
Every time I see a skull that’s undergone “shaping”, I wonder...
What about the trigeminal nerve?
Was trigeminal neuralgia used as a “failure to adapt” elimination from the gene pool before reaching reproducing age?
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05/04/2020 9:13:58 AM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: a fool in paradise; Fred Nerks
We have many democrats who are from far, far away , and have altered skulls. They work hard to make American civilization fall, just like back in Roman times
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05/04/2020 9:14:40 AM PDT
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Candor7
To: SunkenCiv
also, ultimately, survival of a given strand of chromosome is luck of the draw.Yup. That's why they're often surprising. I was expecting mainly Celt and maybe some Roman with a smattering of Viking.
What I got on the male side (in descending order) was Frank, Visigoth, Ostrogoth, Danish Viking, Saxon, Celt.
Of course genes from archaeological samples are hardly a representative sampling. But it's still fun to look at.
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05/04/2020 9:18:43 AM PDT
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pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: moovova
The doctors got the idea from their dads, who were plumbers.
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05/04/2020 9:22:10 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Candor7
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05/04/2020 9:22:54 AM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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