The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new ...

they saw that as brain and skull sizes increased in non-avian theropod dinosaurs, muscles shifted into different positions ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

the physical dimensions of the major cranial regions exhibit faster or slower rates of increase (positive versus negative allometry) as a function of increasing body size (Huxley, 1932). Brain ...

CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...

The brain reaches 90% of adult size by ... The newborn infant's skull is incompletely ossified and the cranial sutures are normally open at birth, fusing by the end of the second year of life.

Fragment of glassy black material extracted from the cranial cavity ... sample to contain human brain matter, the shiny black material was recovered from inside the skull of an approximately ...

Our team of neurosurgeons at Baylor Medicine are experienced in treating all forms of benign and malignant tumors that occur within the adult brain and at the base of the skull. These kinds of tumors ...