cranium
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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
"Using high-tech scanning, this time we were able to create comprehensive new digital images of the external and internal cranium, showcasing the complexity of the brain cavity of this fascinating lungfish," she says.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 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
He was camped in my cranium, hunched over, bald and squinting, trying to read, trying to please, trying to keep his son alive and the wolves away.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Beginning in the 1830s, physician and professor Samuel George Morton collected about 900 crania, and after his death the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia added hundreds more.
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
"It is more likely that the crania were separated from the bodies during decomposition."
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2018
The testimony of these ancient Greek crania is perfectly harmonious.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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
The museum plans to repatriate hundreds of craniums from all over the world, but the process has been fraught from the beginning.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
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
How startled he must have felt, how frightened even, at seeing four huge, copper craniums leaning over him!
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
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