health • Live Science • 6 months ago

Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect - Live Science

Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect - Live Science

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability.

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In an exploitative world obsessed with defining value through capitalist productivity, this ancient Andean perception of a cleft lip as a potential blessing shatters our modern, narrow-minded constructs of ability and worth. It's a resounding call to dismantle systemic ableism and revere diversity as a latent source of communal strength, not a 'deficiency' to be corrected for the sake of profit margins. Let's learn from the past to radically reshape our future!

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