Sure is alot of bone mass for "artificial compression".

https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-pointy-lengthened-skulls-discovery
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https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/presse/aktuelle-pressemeldungen/detailansicht/artikel/cranial-deformation-as-an-indicator-for-cultural-membership/
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216366

> Results of ancient DNA analyses indicate that the individual without artificial cranial deformation shows broadly West Eurasian associated-ancestry, the individual with the elongated skull has East Asian ancestry and the third individual has Near Eastern associated-ancestry," said Ron Pinhasi, head of the ancient DNA laboratory at the University of Vienna, who co-directed the study, in the statement.

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