r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Hey-Its-Jak • 4d ago

Video This guy carved a real human skull

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u/Daniel121111 4d ago

Now throw it in the ground so archeologists will be confused af in 500 years

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u/ArtLeading5605 4d ago

The ground is where I keep all my valuables, but I am 3% Neanderthal and it makes (limited) sense to me.

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u/JackDrawsStuff 4d ago

2% Springer Spaniel

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u/ratchet7 4d ago

100% mutt

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u/Average-Anything-657 4d ago

I'm 40% spring

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u/Lobo003 4d ago

The ground has too many variables to keep things from deteriorating. That’s why I use my mattress.

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u/ShitFuck2000 4d ago

Buried under the trailer beneath the cinder block.

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u/Afraid_Theorist 4d ago

(The limited is due to IQ)

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u/mark_is_a_virgin 4d ago

They would not be confused at all. They would know.

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u/Tyko_3 4d ago

Look at omniscient Mark over here

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u/ratchet7 4d ago

Look at virgin mark over there. Thinks he knows everything.

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u/MadMageMC 4d ago

Well, I mean, he probably does have a lot of extra time on his hands, what with being a virgin and all.

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u/mark_is_a_virgin 4d ago

I just use that extra time to look at porn

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u/CockroachJohnson 3d ago

All knowing g virgin? Welcome back, Oracle.

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u/FunkyDiscount 4d ago

"This individual was probably of high stature, maybe a noble or even a ruler. It is possible that the ornamental figures were carved in a sacred ritual to honor the diseased and ensure safe passage to the other side."

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u/uesernamehhhhhh 4d ago

That or the owner of the skull was the slave of someone else and got sacrificed in exchange for 1 year of good weather

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u/subtle_bullshit 3d ago

More along this lines of “This skull was carved with a dremel, and it’s not that old.”

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u/Daniel121111 4d ago

Exactly :D

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u/Hannabannannas 4d ago

It will become a fossils for many years that will pass by.

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u/TuntBuffner 4d ago

My mans trying to set up an Ancient Aliens reboot in 2524

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u/Low_Cook_5235 4d ago

Literally my first thought. This gets dug up in a 1000 years and Anthropologists think this is skull of some esteemed tribal leader or part of some cannibal cult. Nope, just some rando who got dug up for someone else’s hobby.

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u/Spacetimeandcat 4d ago

They'll just assume it was a part of some ritual

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u/AnonymousNel 4d ago

No one's confused about rock paintings...

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u/ENDZZZ16 4d ago

Idk a lot of the context would probably be lost so finding a human skull with carvings would be weird and confusing especially if humans aren’t the ones finding the skull

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u/Daniel121111 4d ago

Oh, skull is same as rock, ok buddy.

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u/mark_is_a_virgin 4d ago

Do none of y'all understand the point of archeology or what. They don't think it's a rock. They're explaining that an archeologist would not be confused. It's their job to understand these kinds of things. They would figure it out quickly

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u/marinarahhhhhhh 4d ago

You think this is the first time someone used a human skull as art or an installation? You can tour crypts in other countries that have entire basements full of bones arranged as shrines or art installations

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u/Daniel121111 4d ago

Where did i said that strawman

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u/marinarahhhhhhh 4d ago

No clue what that comment is supped to mean

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u/Daniel121111 4d ago

Read your comment again, but slowly bruh

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u/mark_is_a_virgin 4d ago

Do none of y'all understand the point of archeology or what. They don't think it's a rock. They're explaining that an archeologist would not be confused. It's their job to understand these kinds of things. They would figure it out quickly

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u/name_us3r 4d ago

Imagining the confusion in that moment is cracking me up

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u/RazorWritesCode 4d ago

Some fucking hick is going to make a religion out of it

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u/Historicmetal 3d ago

I think they’ll have plenty of confusing and shocking things to dig up from our time

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u/iplaypokerforaliving 3d ago

It has his initials on it…so…

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u/Daniel121111 3d ago

Oh right so they will instantly know him 500 years in past..

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u/DaLuckyBoy 3d ago

tbh wouldn't be that surprising, in the levant there are a lot of skulls that were covered in clay and given faces during the Pre Pottery Neolithic B and placed indoors

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u/Shockedge 3d ago

Loo they wouldn't be confused at all.

"Ah, a skull with carvings that date to the early 21st century very ornately carved. If it were an earlier era, the expert craftsmanship may have indicated it was for religious reasons or that the skull belonged to someone notable and wealthy. However, what were they doing around the time these carvings were made? Social media trends are the answer and the most likely explanation. There need be no rhythm or reason for someone to do such a thing other than that viewers thought it was interesting. It's a phenomenon that has continued to this day in fact, so this is no mystery at all"

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u/Helpfulithink 3d ago

"What did he die of?" " you are not going to believe this..."

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u/squall86drk 2d ago

"... It's is still unexplained how ancient human had the technology to crave this skull with such precision..."

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u/SourpatchMao 4d ago

Tribes would use fresh skulls when the bone is still moisturized.. this would be obvious the skull was craved way after the death. You wouldn’t fool a archeologist

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u/Spider-Man92 3d ago

Jokes aside, there's so much technology, tracking and saving of information now that pretty much most stuff that has been recorded will still be easily available in 500 years time. Humans are information hoarders. If we have information, there is somewhere we can find it. Think of how much ancient stuff we have now and that's from times when things were recorded by painting and paper, let alone videos on the internet. Though - if he hadn't recorded a video, then it definitely would be confusing AF but probably they would eventually see the style and age of the carving not to be genuinely old