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Post by Rostam on Jun 20, 2004 10:59:24 GMT -5
I suppose this is a good forum to pose this question: does have information on the "anatolian bump" cranial trait and its prevalence among different populations? This page discusses the trait as it is common among Melungeons and Turkic peoples: www.multiracial.com/readers/sparks.html |
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Post by AWAR on Jun 20, 2004 12:44:04 GMT -5
I seem to have a bump there...  Btw. There is the mentioned surname: Altiparmak, there are a couple of Altiparmakov families in Serbia. |
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Post by Vitor on Jun 20, 2004 14:06:42 GMT -5
I also have that bump! ;D Although a very tiny allmoust dissipated one. And yes they might be some portuguese forgotten colony!  |
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Post by Gus Morea on Jun 20, 2004 19:32:59 GMT -5
From my younger, punk-like days when my friends and I would shave our hair down, I remember lots of (non-Anatolian) people having these ridges and bumps on the back of their heads.
One half-Italian friend of mine had them just like in the article: a deep ridge at ear level with half-golfball bump right in the center.
Interestingly, I've never seen a Turk/Central Asian with these features. Quite the opposite; most seem to have very flat-back heads (many Eastern Euros do too).
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Post by One Humanity on Jun 20, 2004 21:03:32 GMT -5
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Post by One Humanity on Jun 20, 2004 21:33:06 GMT -5
Or is it a ridge?
That is mentioned too on that site.
Though the authoress tends to say "Other ridges are smaller", meaning other races have it but less prominent perhaps.
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Post by Vitor on Jun 21, 2004 9:57:31 GMT -5
If I compare my bump with those skulls then I would said that it's not smaller...  I guess this is rather typical for europeans...every where! |
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Post by AWAR on Jun 21, 2004 10:12:27 GMT -5
My 'bump' is similar to that of the Faelid and East-Baltic.
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Post by One Humanity on Jun 21, 2004 10:33:36 GMT -5
I have both the slight bump at the base of the cranium and the ridge at the backs of the front teeth (horizontal, a bit before the end).   |
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Post by Vitor on Jun 21, 2004 17:08:32 GMT -5
I also have that german1984...that ridge...
Are we talking about very common traits?
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Post by Graeme on Jun 22, 2004 10:16:15 GMT -5
I have heard different descriptions of this Anatolian bump from a ridge to a donut shaped area the size of a ping pong ball. I would like to see a picture of an Anatolian bump.
All the references to the bump on the net are all Melungeon oriented. A bit suspicious. Lots of talk with little substance. No pictures of these Melungeons and their Amerindian feet, shovel shaped teeth or bumps. Nothing, just a lot of words. It is the same with their diseases most of which are not Mediterranean despite the names given to them.
Frankly I feel a con or sting going on here. From what I have read most Melungeons are indistinguishable from caucasian Americans. Sounds like a way to make money from books, lectures and tourism similar to the Viking presence in Newfoundland.
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Post by PolishFalcon on Jul 6, 2004 3:36:08 GMT -5
I have that bump on the back of my skull.
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Post by Dienekes on Jul 6, 2004 6:13:39 GMT -5
I think I have an "Anatolian bump", if I understand correctly what it is (a bump at the bottom of the pink section?) mywebpages.comcast.net/wnor/lesson1.htmI suspect that in my case the bump is caused by a flattening of the occipital bone (pink) but with the bottom part remaining prominent. I guess it might be called that because in Asia Minor occipital flattening is quite ancient. |
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Post by recluse on Jul 6, 2004 11:49:15 GMT -5
Maybe the question should be "Who DOESN'T have the bump." I think that Graeme may be onto something here.
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Post by deuceswild on Jul 6, 2004 19:10:36 GMT -5
Nope...no bump. I feel like a reject.  |
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