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Macrocephali
The
Macrocephali
were an
ancient
tribe
of
Africans
or
Indians
who
performed
artificial cranial deformation
.
Their
cultural practice
of
artificially
shaping
the skulls
of their
children
was mentioned by
Hesiod
,
Hippocrates
,
Pomponius Mela
,
Pliny the Elder
,
Valerius Flaccus
,
Xenophon
,
Strabo
, and
Eustathius
.