Sentences with phrase «cranium which»

He further added that the cranium which was found in the cave of Aroeira is the oldest human fossil that has been excavated to date, and has some common features with other fossils from the same time period that have been found in Spain, Italy and France.

Not exact matches

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin and UCLA conducted the study, which implanted electrodes deep into the craniums of epilepsy patients to monitor their brain activity during seizures.

The capacity of the human cranium for creative energy is one way in which Adam and Eve are made in the image of their Creator.

It seems logical, this being so, to postulate the osteological existence, at the beginning of anthropogenesis, of a prehominid fossil stage represented by crania decidedly less curved upon themselves (less «globular») than is the case with modern man: a presumption which is borne out by the very significant fact that at this pre-hominid stage Mankind seems to have been made up of a more or less divergent sheaf of ethnic shoots («sub-phyla»?)

Research by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association shows that car seats are not the ideal transport for your infant when not in the car, due to «restricted postural options which can impact your baby's developing cranium and spine» (International Chiropractic Pediatric Association).

Indeed, it is the rotational movements of the brain inside the calvaria (meaning all of the cranium except for the facial bones) and the shearing forces affecting the upper reticular formation that create torque, which leads to the typical loss of consciousness.

That three - or - so - pound lump of soft tissue, housed within the cranium, has about 100 billion nerve cells or neurons (roughly equal to the number of stars in our galaxy), which form trillions of connections with each other, giving rise to millions of operations going on simultaneously.

To reach these conclusions, the study provides the most detailed anatomical descriptions of the species given to date, highlighting the small size of the reptile, which measured no more than a metre long, according to craniums found at the site in Catalonia.

Named Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the specimen is significant even though it's so fragmentary: The hole in the cranium through which the spinal cord exits appears to be at the bottom, as it is for upright, two - legged hominins, rather than toward the back, as seen in chimpanzees and other knuckle - walkers.

The Dmanisi sample, which now comprises five crania, provides direct evidence for wide morphological variation within and among early Homo paleodemes.

A team of international researchers announced finding a complete cranium and associated mandible which casts the contentious discussion of early Homo in a new light.

Binghamton University, which had an anthropologist on the international team that made the discovery, said in a statement that the newly uncovered cranium is strongly tagged to 400,000 years ago, which sets it apart from other similar fossils that «are poorly dated or lack a clear archaeological context.»

It extends from the bones of the skull which make up the cranium down to the sacrum or the tailbone area.

Myofascia directly envelops and connects muscles and forms chains, which are connected from the cranium through the toes (11).

It's hard not to think of that film while watching Self / Less which revolves around another radical surgical procedure, namely, the implantation of a cancer patient's brain inside the cranium of a healthy individual.

So it took King's nonfiction overview of the horror genre (which I initially read out of obligation to the author) to fully crack open my cranium.

During my review of Sniper Elite III I greatly praised the awesome bullet - cam feature which displayed every gloriously gory detail of bullets destroying craniums, smushing internal organs and annihilating testicles.

Game Pick: «Tower of Heaven» (Askiisoft, freeware) «Askiisoft's Tower of Heaven is a wonderful platformer which will have you tearing large chunks of hair - nay, SKIN - from your cranium.

The extent of damage to P's cranium is such that there is no valid way of determining which bullet hit P first.