Human Skull, Homo sapiens, Peruvian with Cranial Binding Protoceratops grinding up the food

grinding up the food

000–780

Hold this tooth in your hand and know the terror its prey must have felt some 5 million years ago

In due course the African mammoth migrated north to Europe and gave rise to a new species

Human Skull, Homo sapiens, Peruvian with Cranial Binding Protoceratops grinding up the foodDated over 2,000 years old, this skull is an extreme example of binding and elongation. Cranial binding is the shaping of the skull when a child is very young, usually an infant. This wrapping is often done with rope or cloth by itself or against a wooden board. This results in the misshaping, flattening or, in this case, elongation. This wrapping, or binding, is thought to be the oldest form of body modification, dating back 9,000 years. This