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Microcephaly (from Neo-Latin microcephalia, from Ancient Greek μικρός mikrós "small" and κεφαλή kephalé "head" [2]) is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal head. [3] Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. [ 3 ]
Begging rings and gangs allegedly place iron bands around the heads of healthy children to induce cranial deformation. [2] The mazar of Shah Dolah, home to many of the rat children, is a common pilgrimage site for women and married couples who wish to bear children. Ignoring a rat child's plea for money is thought to bring bad luck. [3]
It is characterized by intrauterine growth restriction and postnatal dwarfism with a small head, narrow bird-like face with a beak-like nose, large eyes with down-slanting palpebral fissures, [3] receding mandible and intellectual disability. A mouse model has been developed. [4] This mouse model is characterized by a severe deficiency of ATR ...
Shrunken head from the Shuar people, on display in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. The process of creating a shrunken head begins with removing the skull from the neck. An incision is made on the back of the ear and all the skin and flesh is removed from the cranium. Red seeds are placed underneath the nostrils and the lips are sewn shut.
A recent dig has uncovered several small but finely crafted clay heads. They bear similarities to modern depictions of aliens with elongated skulls, slanting eyes and flat noses. These traits ...
The blood from her bleeding garland bathes her body. The number of heads in the mundamala is generally described as fifty. [2] Other Mahavidyas like Tara, Chhinnamasta, Bhairavi, Dhumavati and Matangi are depicted or at least described wearing mundamalas; the goddess may also hold a severed head or skull in her hand.
A tadpole person [1] [2] [3] or headfooter [4] [5] is a simplistic representation of a human being as a figure without a torso, with arms and legs attached to the head. Tadpole people appear in young children's drawings before they learn to draw torsos and move on to more realistic depictions such as stick figures .
India: 76 cm (30 in) Ajay Kumar: Indian actor and director known for holding the Guinness World Records for being the shortest actor to play a character in a full-length film 1976– United States: 81 cm (32 in) [3] Verne Troyer: American actor and stunt performer best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films. [3] [4]