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And cultural body modification was likely an ancient and widespread practice, and it may have been one of the several practices used to express identity and even transmit social norms where a person belongs. At the Irene Condit, there is also evidence that people's teeth, that they decorated their faces with teeth fog. Because the skeletons are really pretty fragmentary, it's not known how common artificial cranium modification was. One idea that researchers are investigating is whether AC-12 was different from others buried at the Stone Age Cemetery. Analysis of Irene Condit's skeleton DNA is ongoing, and it could give some additional light on possible long-distance migration, even genetic affiliations in other groups.