#2563 - Dan Richards

Richards presents circumstantial genetic and historical evidence that elongated-skull cultures worldwide may trace to deliberate Neanderthal/Denisovan-linked trait selection, with records allegedly suppressed.

• Elongated skulls, worldwide pattern: Dan Richards says Pacific Northwest Chinook nobility (e.g. Chief Concomly) used artificial cranial deformation as a 'sign of freedom,' a practice also found in Peru, China, Hawaii (8.9% of digs), and Easter Island.
• Genetic link to archaic humans: Richards ties elongated skulls, polydactyly, Wormian/'Inca bones,' and hydrocephalus to a gene variant (GLI3) shared with Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA, speculating ancient Peruvians deliberately interbred bloodlines.

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