Homo sapiens, SW American Indian bound skull Dilophosaurus approximately 164 million years ago

approximately 164 million years ago

Its huge head housed an incredibly thick skull

the type species is Pliosaurus brachydeirus

West Virginia and Pennsylvania

During the Eocene Epoch this area of the United States had a subtropical climate similar to today's Florida Everglades

Homo sapiens, SW American Indian bound skull Dilophosaurus approximately 164 million years agoCradle flattened skull. 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 particular