The mystery of the Paracas elongated skulls

During the 1920’s, Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello discovered a series of tombs in Paracas, Peru. The contents of the tomb stumped specialists when countless elongated skulls were recovered from the tombs. Since then, more elongated skulls have been found in the region, raising numerous questions about these mysterious people.

For more than five years, experts like Brien Foerster have tried to solve the mystery behind the elongated skulls. Although much progress has been made in understanding it, the journey has been very difficult. After countless studies and research, we began to discover more about these mysterious skulls.

Some DNA analysis showed that the elongation present in the Paracas skull was not the result of artificial cranial deformation, but rather due to genetics. Some of the Paracas skulls have a cranial volume that is up to 25% larger and 60% heavier than conventional human skulls.

Although the artificial deformation of the head can change the shape of the skull, it cannot change its volume. But there is more, studies carried out on the enigmatic elongated skulls have revealed that they were not native to the region, possibly they migrated from Eurasia more than 2,500 years ago.