Growing Horns

This article about our bodies adapting to our life-style talks abut spiky things growing from the base of our skulls because our heads are constantly bend over screens as we text. This is how it happens apparently:

When we’re sitting upright, these hefty objects are balanced neatly on top of our spines. But as we lean forwards to pore over famous dogs on social media, our necks must strain to hold them in place. Doctors call the pain this can cause “text neck”. Shahar thinks the spikes form because the hunched posture creates extra pressure on the place where the neck muscles attach to the skull – and the body responds by laying down fresh layers of bone. These help the skull to cope with the extra stress, by spreading the weight over a wider area.

Maybe this is for the best. Even if this were completely fake news, we can still scare our kids out of being slave to texting by pointing out to horns they are growing as a result of it. The author concludes that given our strange predilections its best we be cremated

So what will future archaeologists make of our skeletons, when they examine them from their spaceships? If we’re not careful, they’ll reveal unhealthy diets, staggering levels of inactivity, and a morbid attachment to technology. Perhaps it’s best to be cremated.