#lahn

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Limburg, Germany 1860s

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[diemelusine]

Castle at Diez, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Luidger

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Galran Genetics Headcannon

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I've been trying to figure out how to articulate this post for months but fuck it im just gonna roll with it

I believe the arch at the top of a Galran's head is what's known as a Sagital Crest.

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Let me introduce you to one of our most esteemed human ancestors, Paranthropus Robustus.

You may be familiar with him if you have good knowledge of human history or happen to watch MiniMinuteMan.

Paranthropus Robustus (name meaning "Beside Man") lived between 2.27 and 0.87 million years ago. They were discovered in 1938 by a school boy in Kromdraai cave in south africa as scattered skull fragments. Robert Broom, a Scottish doctor and scientist working for the Trasvaal museum, then purchased the fragments and proceeded to collect more bone fragments and teeth from the discovery site.

Paranthropus Robustus most notable genes are his large premolar and molar teeth, strongly built lower jaw, and the crest of bone at the top of his head. That, is the Sagital Crest.

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Now, where am I going with this. Well, I mentioned in a previous post that briefly goes over galran genetics, how the galra all have some type of point to their head

It is my belief that the galra all inherently have a Sagital Crest.

What's interesting about the Sagital Crest is that its purpose was to give the Paranthropus Robustus a stronger jaw. This Crest would be attached to a collection of muscles that stemmed from the jaw, giving them one of their most notable features. This, in turn, is believed to have given the hominins a considerably strong bite force.

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That said, I'm not going to gaslight any of you and say, "All galra have this arch" and blah blah blah, because they don't. (Ignore the olkari)

Some do, some don't, some have completely different head shapings altogether. That's why in my previous Genetics post I stated that all galra seem to have some sort of arch or head point, those who don't usually have a marking on the head that goes along the same pathing.

Now the galra are a very diverse race so the Sagital Crest could be true for only some or one subspecies of galra. Which is why it's not on all of them. But since I literally have no evidence to support my claims, this will all have to remain as a Head cannon.

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Writing this was really fun, though. I have quite a few headcanons on galra genetics, biology, evolution, ect. I think I'll start posting some of them because I love Anthropology and archeology and I'd love make stuff crossing with one of my favorite shows ever.

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🌸Lahn - BDO fanart🌸

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Poor Lahn, he's had such a hard life. I can understand why he's so irritable a lot of the time. He just needs some lovin' from someone who can put up with him and show him that life isn't so grim.

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