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crawfordcomeaux
If we create a modern skull cult involving Elon Musk's neural lace, how will future archaeologists refer to it? An Anthropocenic skull cult?
model_Citizen
These are posthumously modified ornamental skulls, carved and painted after death maybe for funerary purposes, not skulls re-shaped during infancy, for weirdo flattened head shapes among the living.
crawfordcomeaux
Thanks for clarifying!

My question still stands, even though people consider it offtopic.

smoyer
Oh no ... here come the ancient-astronaut conspiracy theorists.
markwaldron
Very interesting subject, similar to how researchers say the Egyptians elongated their skulls. Also, Neolithic Skull Cult sounds like a great band name
mirimir
Not really. They just drilled holes (presumably after death) to hang them, like Christmas ornaments. Or maybe they were percussion instruments.