05-25-2020, 01:45 AM
(05-24-2020, 09:02 AM)Wallfire Wrote:(05-24-2020, 03:13 AM)Ninurta Wrote: The Shuar tribe mentioned are also called Jivaro. They are the Amazon tribe known for shrinking heads. I wonder if that got started to make their vanquished enemies look as small relative to them as they look to these giants?
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Interesting idea, I wonder if it would be possible to find some of the very old ones and check DNA or is it too long ago.
Old, original tsantsas are rare now, and almost all housed in museums. Thee has been a booming market in "shrunken heads" for several years, and some of them are being made out of formed goat skins. Some, at least for a while, were being made out of stolen bodies from morgues to supply the demand. I don't think any are too old to analyse the DNA, but given their history of being passed around, there is likely to be a high DNA contamination rate from external DNA.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’