After 5 years of waiting the Paracas Elongated Skulls results are in!
Brien Foerster was born in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. but grew up on the west coast of Canada. At age 11, he became fascinated with the Native art of the Haida native people, and began carving totem poles, and other related art forms, learning from Native teachers. After completing an Honours Bachelor Of Science degree, Brien decided to take up carving and sculpture full time, at the age of 25.
This included the creation of 13 full size totem poles, dugout canoes, masks, bowls, boxes and other Native style works. In 1995 he moved to Maui, Hawaii, and was hired as assistant project manager for the building of the 62 foot double hull sailing canoe (ancestor of the modern day catamaran ) Mo’okiha O Pi’ilani ( Sacred Lizard That Pierces The Heavens. ) This project lasted 2 years. There, having learned how to make Hawaiian outrigger canoe paddles from master carver Keola Sequiera, he started an online outrigger paddle business, which flourished internationally.
Peru became his next major area of interest. The study of the Inca culture led to his writing a book, A Brief History Of The Incas , which is available on his website, www.hiddenincatours.com.
Gene P
What did he say?
I have no idea what he’s talking about?
They have big heads and like to travel?
Debbie C
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/breaking-new-dna-testing-2000-year-old-elongated-paracas-skulls-changes-020914
Maybe this information will help?
greg o
Well he said a lot of nothing..
Derek H
Key things said “what I can say.” “A book and dvd will be available at the end of the month”. They are people group from the Black Sea area 3000 years ago. Move over Columbus… Vikings… Chinese… Phoenicians!?!
Amy H
Does he give DNA results? If he doesn’t, I’ll look elsewhere.
Charles R
OK. So 3000 years ago there was this band of folks in the Black Sea area. They had highly elongated heads with greater cranial capacity then ordinary humans. Their heads also show no sagittal suture marks that all human heads have. They did not like where they lived. I suppose the other tribes that were normal made fun of them, who wouldn’t. And like the Pilgrims many centuries later they decide to leave. They trek a thousand miles down to the Indian Ocean area in what would have been very hostile territory. Then they make boats and decide to sail 3/4 or the way or 18,000 miles around the planet. They must not have liked India, Indonesian Islands, Australia, or a myriad of places they would have come across first. Once past these areas they cross the huge Pacific Ocean, only dotted with many, but small islands. . They land in Peru and say , Hey we like it here.
Anyone else buying this theory?
Last week I watched Giorgio Tsoukalos take a young Paracas skull to Todd Disotell at NYU. Disotell was amazed that there are not sagittal suture marks. DNA testing which was very degraded seemed to indicate European/ Middle Eastern. Earlier tests in 2014 came up unknown with mutations unknown in humans and primates. The mystery continues.
Charles R
And by the way. Why have not have any of these skull surfaced in original homelands?
devon c
I love the minds of SC commenters.
Shirley S
Well, that was unconvincing! Who took the samples that were sent to the labs to begin with? What was their methodology? Their qualifications to work with ancient DNA? (Did any of them have haplogroups that matched the findings, indicating possible contamination?) The results are meaningless
without this information (and more).