cranium

The bumps and contours of the cranium were once believed to reflect the intellectual power and moral strength of the mind inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The university removed that cranium from the reburial so it can be assessed for return through NAGPRA.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

If the device works as expected, it will answer longstanding questions about the impacts of microgravity inside the cranium.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

Instead of examining the fish's scale, "you extract what are called the otoliths, or earstones, from inside the cranium of the fish, and then thin section the stones to determine their age," said Lackmann.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

The creature’s cranium was like a dark cave with no exit!

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Even if all the crania are identified and returned to the community, the university has a long way to go.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

To construct the feeding behaviours and determine the relation between the mandible and trunk, the team examined the crania and lower jaws of the three groups, sourced from three different museums.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023

“The placement and treatment of the crania are distinctly different from the burial tradition” in the hunter-gatherer graves located 330 feet to the north, Kjellström said.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2018

However, Rosas's team says that his skull differs slightly from modern crania.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 21, 2017

Now, as far back as history and monuments carry us, as well as crania and other testimonies, these various types have been permanent; and most of them we can trace back several thousand years.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Humans evolved wisdom teeth to better grind down hard foods like raw plants, tough meats and nuts, but as our diets became softer and our brains bigger, our species developed larger craniums and smaller jaws.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

Through their analysis of bite forces and the stress all that gobbling put on tyrannosaur craniums, the researchers showed that tyrannosaurs steadily built up their bone-crunching powers over the eons.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

The vividly hued mixed-media craniums are grown-up 3D cartoons that suggest the visages of superheroes or supervillains.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

The skeletal remains, which include skulls without mandibles, craniums, loose mandibles and maxilla fragments, were handed over in an official ceremony in Vienna on Tuesday, where there was a panel and presentation.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022

The size of his cranium was remarkable, or, as she said of his craniums: "It seemed as though he had two craniums, one joined to the other."

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Alys Hallard