braincase

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• They’re hoping to understand how modern birds developed the ability to move the upper bill relative to the braincase, which is known as cranial kinesis and allowed them to manipulate a wider variety of food.

• These layers have also yielded remains of fire pits, burned animal bones, scorched tortoise shells and four Neandertal fossils — a piece of a leg bone, two teeth and part of a braincase.

• In crocodiles and their relatives, the roof of the mouth, or palate, is fused to the braincase.

• In young females the width of the braincase is more than the distance between the alveoli of the incisor and first molar.

• Skull: Size medium; braincase well inflated; zygomata strong, moderately appressed to cranium.

• Skull: Large; zygomata strong and arched; braincase well inflated.

• Skull: Smooth and rounded; braincase inflated; zygomata strong.

• Skull: Large; braincase well inflated; zygomatic arches strong and slightly appressed to skull.