Jasper Hamill
Thursday 20 Jun 2019

Luckily, the horns aren’t quite as pronounced as the ones in our illustration (Image: Metro)

Scientists have discovered that young people are developing weird horn-like growths in their skull caused by excessive phone use.

Researchers from Australia found small build-ups of bone in the back of the heads which are the result of bad posture.

It’s believed that bending over a phone can transfer weight to the back of the head, resulting in the growth of bone in nearby ligaments and tendons.

‘You may say it looks like a bird’s beak, a horn, a hook,’ chiropractor David Shahar, first author of a paper discussing the problem, told the Washington Post.

‘These formations take a long time to develop, so that means that those individuals who suffer from them probably have been stressing that area since early childhood.’

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