Deformed skulls in an ancient cemetery reveal a multicultural community in transition (IMAGE)

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Deformed skulls in an ancient cemetery reveal a multicultural community in transition

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Artificially deformed skull of an adult woman. Permanent binding during childhood caused the elongation of the braincase and the depressions in the bone.

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Balázs G. Mende. Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

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