It has been speculated that because Neanderthals possessed a larger brain that they enjoyed extra sensory abilities to communicate telepathically. In tribal societies such as the Aborigines of Australia, telepathy is accepted as a natural function of human communication.  In fact, Sigmund Freud termed telepathy a primitive faculty that was lost in the course of evolution, while Carl G. Jung²⁴ considered it a function of synchronicity. Brain waves could be responsible for telepathy; it is the Alpha brain wave that is predominant during meditation, or tapping into the collective unconscious. Perhaps Neanderthals’ inherent ability to reach torpor, or to hibernate, or their adeptness to communicate by controlling the parameters of their brain wave patterns had something to do with their seeming extra sensory abilities. Perhaps head shaping began as the result of later hybrid people attempting to simulate the shaman from Shanidars’ special attributes by reshaping their skulls to resemble his. Perhaps certain Augnacians molded their infants’ heads to reflect their affiliation with the honored neanderthaloid triad from Mladec. Traditions of head binding would logically symbolize the persistence of such Paleolithic memory.

 

Late Neanderthals and early Cro-Magnons had a three hundred cubic centimeter larger cranial capacity than modern humans. The sudden evolutionary decrease of Homo sapiens’ cranial capacity after 11,000 BC is a puzzling matter, but may be directly related to mutations caused by the Taurid/Vela X Supernova radiation event that occurred at that time in the northern hemisphere. Decreases in brain size could be the result of drastically decreased sunlight combined with genetic bottlenecks caused by extreme loss of gene contributors. It almost seems that with the decrease in Homo sapiens’ skull and brain volume that humanity became less self-sufficient and more violent.

 

   

 

The functions of the human brain are affected by the shape of the skull;²⁵ the crania of Homo sapiens’ can be divided into four main areas of function. The frontal lobes are located in the front or forehead, and are responsible for memory, concentration, planning, speech, and behavior.  The parietal lobes, or top part of the head, are responsible for the processing and discrimination of sensory input. The parietal lobes coordinate motor functions and physical movements. The ability to process symbols and writing are also associated with the parietal areas; the right parietal handles imagination and artistic capabilities while the left parietal manages science and logic. The back of the head is the occipital area which is responsible for vision reception and recognition. The temporal areas make up the sides of the head, and are associated with hearing, taste, smell, speech, and memory. The right temporal lobe handles visual memory, and the left temporal lobe handles verbal memory.

 

All areas of the brain are thought to be affected by artificial skull modifications. Mythistorically, long skulls were referred to as Serpents,²⁶ Nagas, or Seraphin: evolved beings who awaken the transcendent primal condition of Being within humanity.²⁷ Head binding traditions were rooted in symbolic meaning, pointing to a mystic order possessing great Archaic knowledge.