A recently published study has revealed new clues about three ancient, skulls discovered in Croatia, two of which were extremely elongated, adopting a nearly alien look. It is believed that the elongated skulls in Croatia follow the same pattern as all other elongated skulls discovered across the world, and are the result of artificial cranial deformation.

The elongated skulls were excavated by archeologists at a site called Hermanov vinograd, located in eastern Croatia.

Archaeologists reported having discovered a peculiar pit that contained the remains of three teenagers. The boys had been buried there sometime between 415 and 560 A.D.

Two elongated skulls

The skulls of two of the boys presented artificial deformation and a genetic analysis published in the journal PLOS ONE has revealed another curious fact: the three teenagers buried together had very different genetic backgrounds. The one that lacked cranial adjustment had Western Eurasian descent, the teenager who had an elongated but rounded skull had ancestry from the Middle East and the boy with a very elongated skull had ancestry from East Asia, mainly.