A bit about the Paracas conehead race

Some background info about the Paracas skulls

There have been a number of human cultures, where head binding of infants has been a practiced as a tradition. When this is done, the infant's head is bound between two boards, so that it takes on a cone shape as it grows. Could this tradtion date back to a time when humans had interactions with this other race? One can only speculate. The Paracas elongated (conehead) skulls were not the product of cranial deformation - they were naturally that way.

The Paracas skulls were also quite a bit heavier and bigger than normal human skulls, and had quite a bit more brain capacity. The Paracas skulls also lack a sagittal suture.

Image from Wikipedia's article about the sagittal suture

Seen here above  is a normal human skull. The sagittal suture traverses down the center of the top of the head, holding the parietal plates together.

Image from the blog of L.A. Marzulli.

Seen here is the top of one of the Paracas elongated skulls. As you can see, there is no sagittal suture, unlike in a normal human skull.


Elongated skulls in other parts of the world

Ancient Egypt also has pictures and sculptures of notable people who have elongated skulls. Some of the headdresses one could imagine might have been for someone with an elongated skull. Whether or not this was from cranial deformation (head binding) or if they were related to this same race in Paracas is unknown. King Tutankhamun supposedly had an elongated skull.

Shown here is a Paracas elongated skull, with some reddish brown hair still attached to it, next to a normal human skull. Image from L.A. Marzulli's blog.