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Why Every Continent (Except Antarctica) Has These "Alien" Skulls

2026-04-10 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Top Comments (10)

@jonathonparker2577 2026-04-10

The Coneheads WERE from France all this time!

206 8 replies
@mick62569 2026-04-10

The real lesson here is that humans have always been one part symbolism, one part fashion, and one part terrible medical advice.

195 10 replies
@kiborgjoe7430 2026-04-11

Ancient looksmaxxing

185 10 replies
@bill-l2r2j 2026-04-10

I'm familiar with the coneheads. Nice people.

92 8 replies
@fariesz6786 2026-04-11

you thought it was extraterrestrials when it was really just some extra terrestrials

81 5 replies
@satanofficial3902 2026-04-10

Aliens put their pants on one tentacle at a time.

80 5 replies
@andrewsuryali8540 2026-04-10

Anton, you missed the most famous ACD mummy of all: Tutankhamun. Both Tut and his father Akhenaten are depicted artistically with extremely elongated skulls and Tut's mummy does show signs of ACD, although not to the extent of the artistic depictions.

59 2 replies
@darthniiphaarious4229 2026-04-10

I got my bananas and rice and am ready to LEAR!!!

46 2 replies
@sarah-jayne2594 2026-04-11

The lack of sutures and larger cranial volune ones blow my mind.

44 10 replies
@gretalaube91 2026-04-10

My body's wierd enough already. I don't need to modify it.

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