Usually we find vertebrae or other bones, very rarely the braincase and this one is complete. I was present on the dig site when it was uncovered and it was a very special moment. “Currently we know ...

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Nigel Larkin Having a chunk of braincase preserved for study in an ichthyosaur of this age is incredibly rare There have been previous studies of large marine reptile skulls that have been ...

Stranger still, the braincase was little bigger than a walnut. Later the same month Gingerich came across some archaic whale specimens in museums in Lucknow and Kolkata (Calcutta), India.

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Gruber: No way, Jose! Sharks have a unique, loose jaw suspension that allows them to raise their snout and loosen their jaw from the braincase, thrusting it forward so that, in effect, the shark ...

Ancient DNA from the remains also places them firmly on the Neanderthal genetic lineage, in line with their morphology. This fossil from the Thames valley in England is in fact the back half of a ...

The dorsal surface of the cranium includes the superior and posterior aspects of the braincase and, in prognathic species, the superior surface of face. Encephalization - the relationship between ...

Because soft-tissue impressions are rarely preserved, scientists often measure the space within the braincase as a proxy for brain size, which is known as the endocranial volume (EV). Proportional ...

Fossilised megalodon vertebrae about the size of a dinner plate have also been found. 'There is also a megalodon fossil found in Peru that apparently has the braincase and all the teeth, with a small ...

sapiens, their skull shape differed from ours. "Our skulls tend to be high and rounded, globular in terms of the shape of the braincase, whereas Neanderthal skulls, like those of most other early ...