Pafupi ndi gombe la California pali Catalina Island, malo odziwika chifukwa cha kukongola kwake kwachilengedwe komanso mbiri yochititsa chidwi. Koma pansi pa malo ake okongola pali chinsinsi chomwe chadabwitsa ofufuza kwazaka zambiri - kupezeka kwa zimphona zosadziwika bwino za blonde.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 20, mwamuna wina dzina lake Ralph Glidden anapeza chinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri. Glidden, katswiri wofukula zinthu zakale komanso wosaka chuma, anapeza mafupa angapo pachilumba cha Catalina omwe amatsutsa zikhulupiriro wamba za zitukuko zakale.
Malo ofukula mabwinja a Glidden adapeza chodabwitsa - mafupa aatali mapazi asanu ndi awiri mpaka asanu ndi anayi okhala ndi tsitsi la blonde. Zimphona zodabwitsazi zinayikidwa m'manda osaya, zomwe zinatsogolera Glidden ndi gulu lake kuti afunse kuti anthuwa anali ndani komanso momwe adathera pachilumba cha Catalina.
Kupezeka kwa mafupa amenewa kunachititsa mantha anthu ofukula zinthu zakale. Zinatsutsana kotheratu ndi zomwe olemba mbiri ankaganiza kuti amadziwa za anthu akale a ku North America.
Kutalika kwachilendo komanso mawonekedwe a anthuwa adakweza nsidze. Zinabweretsa mafunso okhudzana ndi chiyambi chawo komanso kugwirizana komwe kungatheke ndi zitukuko zina zakale.
Ofufuza atafufuza mafupawo, adawona kusapezeka kwa zinthu zakale kapena katundu - zomwe zidadabwitsa. Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti zimphona izi zinali apaulendo kapena mwina othawa kwawo, othawira pachilumba cha Catalina?
Zimene Glidden analemba mosamalitsa zinasonyeza kuti zimphona zimenezi zinali mbadwa za zimphona zakhungu loyera, zamaso abuluu ndi za tsitsi lofiira zimene zinkakhala pachilumbachi kalekale mbiri yakale isanayambe. Nkhani za zimphona zotere zitha kupezeka m'mbiri yapakamwa ya Northern Paiute. Zimphona izi, zomwe zimadziwika kuti Si-Te-Cah, kapena Saiduka, ndi anthu osadziwika bwino omwe amakhala m'malo osiyanasiyana ku Nevada.
Ngakhale kuti Glidden anali ndi zolemba zambiri, zomwe adazipeza zinali zokayikitsa komanso zotsutsana ndi akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale. Ambiri anatsutsa zonena zakezo monga bodza kapena kutanthauzira molakwa.
Okayikira amati palibe umboni weniweni wotsimikizira kukhalapo kwa zimphona pachilumba cha Catalina. Ndikofunikira kukhalabe ndi diso lovuta komanso osalola nthano kuphimba chidziwitso chokhazikitsidwa ndi sayansi.
Pokhala ndi malingaliro okayikira m’maganizo, m’pofunika kwambiri kusiyanitsa zowona ndi zopeka. Zoneneratu zapadera zimafuna umboni wodabwitsa. Kusanthula kwasayansi, monga kuyezetsa kwa DNA ndi kuyezetsa mwatsatanetsatane mabwinja a chigoba, kungathandize kuvumbulutsa chinsinsi chimenechi kwamuyaya.
Lero, chinsinsi cha zimphona za blonde za Catalina Island sichinathetsedwe. Mafupa, mwatsoka, atayika pakapita nthawi, ndikusiya zithunzi ndi maakaunti a Glidden monga chikumbutso cha mutu wovutawu m'mbiri.
Akuti Glidden, chakumapeto kwa moyo wake, anagulitsa zinthu zonse zakale ndi zigoba zake pamtengo wa madola zikwi zisanu zokha mu 5. Ananenanso kuti mafupa ena ochokera ku gulu la Glidden anatumizidwa ku yunivesite ya California ndi Smithsonian Institution. Komabe, atafunsidwa za izi, mabungwewa akhala akukana kukhala ndi zitsanzo zotere m'zosonkhanitsa zawo.
Mwatsoka, Glidden anamwalira mu 1967 ali ndi zaka 87, mwinamwake kutenga naye zinsinsi zambiri za ntchito yake ndi mayankho zotheka ku zinsinsi zomuzungulira.
Pomwe mkangano ukupitilira, chilumba cha Catalina tsopano chikukhalabe malo abata kwa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Kaya zimphona za Catalina Island ndi zongopeka kapena zotsalira za chitukuko chaiwalika, kukhalapo kwawo kapena kusakhalako kwawo kudzapitiriza kukopa malingaliro athu ndi kulimbikitsa chikhumbo chathu chodziŵika.
Pambuyo powerenga za Kupezeka kwa mafupa a zimphona za blonde pachilumba cha Catalina, werengani Zimphona za Kashmir ku India: The Delhi Durbar ya 1903, ndiye werengani za Conneaut Giants: Malo ambiri okwirira amtundu waukulu omwe adapezeka koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1800.
