Joe Rogan Experience #2563 - Dan Richards · Aired Oct 8, 2026
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Some elongated skulls from Peru appear not to be artificially deformed but have a larger brain capacity than normal humans.
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This matches the earlier claim that Peru's elongated skulls hold much more brain than normal, so I kept the same verdict. A measurement of 34 reshaped Peruvian skulls averaged about 1,277 cc, and the biggest was 1,655 cc. Both sit inside the normal human range of roughly 950 to 1,800 cc. Head binding changes a skull's shape, not how much it holds, and I found no published measurements showing any Peruvian skull above that range. Published measurements of undeformed Peruvian skulls with capacities clearly above the human range would flip this.
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Is it true that some elongated skulls from Peru appear not to be artificially deformed but have a larger brain capacity than normal humans?
No, not as stated. This matches the earlier claim that Peru's elongated skulls hold much more brain than normal, so I kept the same verdict. A measurement of 34 reshaped Peruvian skulls averaged about 1,277 cc, and the biggest was 1,655 cc. Dan Richards said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2563 - Dan Richards, aired Oct 8, 2026, at 34:25. The supporting source is ahotcupofjoe.net, linked below.
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