The island where parents deliberately deformed their children's heads

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The island where parents deliberately deformed their children's heads

The Hirota people lived on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima, Japan (Picture: Getty) An ancient civilisation deliberately deformed the shape of children’s skulls – but no one knows why. The Hirota people, who lived on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima around 200 CE to 600 CE, had significantly shorter heads that were flatter on the back. Until recently however, archaeologists were not sure if the shape was a natural deformity or deliberate…