Sentences with phrase «from animal skulls»

In 2008, Smith gave Selections from Animal Skulls (1995) to the Walker in honor of Engberg.

Not exact matches

From The L.A. Times: «Tither - Kaplan said she and her female co-stars were asked to appear topless in an unscripted scene and dance around Franco while wearing animal skulls atop their heads.

Learn how to hypothesize an animal's diet from knowledge of its teeth and use your observation skills to identify an unknown skull.

And, then, for fun, they can guess what kind of animals the skulls come from.»

Three - dimensional reconstructions of the skulls of the Goyet dog and another Ice Age dog show that the animals» snouts didn't angle from the skull the way modern dogs» do, and the ancient versions didn't have some other features of modern dogs (SN Online: 2/5/15).

Hoaxes have infiltrated science for centuries, from fake fossils (Piltdown Man, archaeoraptor, Calaveras skull) to fake medical conditions (cello scrotum, the disappearing blonde gene) to fake animals (Ompax spatuloides, Pacific Northwest tree octopus, Labradoodle).

To properly age and classify the Mongolian fossil Maelestes gobiensis, estimated to be between 71 million and 75 million years old, Wible and his team compared it with 409 features culled from the skulls, teeth and skeletal remains of other animals ranging in age from present - day mammals to those estimated to have lived over 100 million years ago.

«We've done a DNA analysis and concluded that the skull bone and horns are from the same animal, which certainly suggests that these specimens are authentic,» says Timm, who has been studying the bones since 1986.

Jaslow and Biewener say that these complex sutures allow the plates from which the animals» skulls are constructed to move slightly relative to one another when they clash horns.

But «Itchy» was no reptile: The animal, known from two partial skulls and described in July in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, was actually an ancient mammal relative.

From their first excavation, they claimed to have discovered several pieces of a humanlike skull, an apelike mandible, some worn molar teeth, stone tools, and fossilized animals.

The researchers, from North Carolina State (NC State) University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, both in Raleigh, say the newly analyzed fossil — parts of a skull, spine, and upper forelimb found in central North Carolina — represents one of the earliest examples of crocodylomorphs, a group of crocodilelike animals who ruled Earth in the Late Triassic.

We carefully perfused each animal with 20 mL of ice cold sterile PBS and then harvested the brains and skull cap meninges from each animal and assessed 10 % of homogenated brain and meninges for parasite load using semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) targeting an abundant T. gondii gene family, B1 [20].

The first results suggested that the skull and jaw material, unlike the fossil animal bones from the site, were not very ancient, which made it seem even more puzzling.

His last competition ended in a bad spill from a broncing horse, with the animal stomping on his skull.

Remind students that some of the skulls are real (from animals that were once alive) and some of the skulls are models (but that they are very expensive).

Everything from animal, bug, monster, skull and tiki shift knobs to dice, billiard, and old school shift knobs, our comprehensive collection of custom shift knobs is sure to impress and amaze you.

Large animal surgery elective laboratories in semester 6 are taught using cadaver parts (e.g. limbs, skulls) and live sheep that are recovered from some procedures and then euthanized after more invasive procedures.

-- Nintendo previously made Zelda games by making small areas and connecting them together — For Breath of the Wild, the team first had to figure out what needed to be placed on the map — Groups were created out of the over 300 devs to work on specific sections of the world — Game Informer's demo starts at Serenne Stable — Yammo runs this place — Link can rest in bed and restore health here — Stable also lets you store horses, meet with merchants, NPCs — Stables are located throughout the world — Each one is run by a distinct character — You can spend rupees on a more expensive bed, giving you an extra heart the next morning — These hearts are yellow and can't be recovered if you're hit in combat — Spending time by fires in the world passes time — Dynamic weather system in the game, with the world reacting as a result — Ex: when it starts raining, NPCs outside the stable quickly go inside — Beedle is back to sell you goods — Have to be careful during a thunderstorm, since your metal items can attract thunder — Metal weapons and shields can be discarded or thrown at enemies — Link can get killed by lightning — Difficulty dips / spikes depending on where you are, since you can go around it and avoid it until you're stronger — Over 100 Shrines — You can find an item that identifies Shrines — Discover a Shrine for it to be a fast - travel point — Shrines also give a Spirit Orb — Trade in orbs for unknown items — Dedicated team handled animal A.I. — Bears, wolves, deer move through the snow — You can get overwhelmed by enemies quickly — Link can keep multiple horses at a time — Affection / loyalty important with horses — Feed and take care of horses to raise their stats — Can call horses over to you, but horses need to be within a certain proximity to be called — Horses can be killed by enemies — Aonuma «wanted players to choose their own path», so no companion character in this game — Stamina meter encopasses sprinting, paragliding, climbing — Meter can be upgraded, but Nintendo won't say how — Different shields have different speeds and level of control for snowboarding — Can mine rocks which can be solid for rupees or used for crafting — Can place stamps to mark areas of interest — 100 of these symbols can be used on the map, including sword, shield, bow and arrow, pot, star, chest, skull, leaf, diamond — Every style of weapon has a unique set of animations and feel different — No invincible weapons in the game, Nintendo says — Zelda can get mad at you and scold you — Players can see the ending without seeing everything from the story — A certain element was added in the game to make for a more cohesive storyline — Most difficult Zelda game to make — Aonuma is still finding new things in the world

Made by skilled artisans, these objects range from beautifully illustrated books to papier - mâché anatomical models, exquisite magic lantern slides, taxidermied animals and bisected human skulls.

His Wunderkammer of natural stones, shells, bones, animal skulls, and other found objects will be presented alongside the drawings and sculptural maquettes that they inspired, demonstrating the metamorphosis from nature to sculpture, from inanimate object to human or animal form, that was the impetus of his oeuvre.

From skulls and stormtroopers to animals and pumpkin faces, he has a little bit of everything.

Matthew Angelo Harrison's casts of animal skulls and Maya Stovall's ensemble of vessels made from broken glass found on the streets of Detroit suggest that preciousness and damage are inevitably intertwined.

The exhibition, which will also feature hand - painted animal skull replicas, symbols of both the precarious future they face and their inherent might, is the culmination of an ongoing worldwide tour that has Sonny creating large mural paintings from the streets of Amsterdam, Miami and London, to those of Vladivostok in Russia.

The 2015 exhibition BEAD featured works ranging from jewelry that mimics natural forms or incorporated live ammunition, to sculptural assemblages created from materials including hand - blown glass, animal skulls, and re-purposed mops, to two - and three - dimensional works exploring heady themes including identity, gender, race, and nature.

Opening: «Eduardo Sarabia: Ballads» at Other Criteria Combining decorative art objects with motifs referencing the Mexican and Mexican - American drug scene — ranging from guns, skulls, and nude pin - up models to marijuana leaves and animals symbolizing specific illegal drugs — Eduardo Sarabia makes art from Narco culture.

As a backdrop, a colossal painting of an asbestos - suited figure fleeing a burning Manhattan while being pursued by a human - headed snake, making its way to a garbage strewn New Jersey where a skeleton lies in wait with a gun; in front, a life - size sculpture of a map - skinned boy with flames sprouting from his body races toward a tree hung with animal skulls and a severed head.

Whether investigating the visual intrigue of seemingly inconsequential, discarded debris like bones, plumbing fittings and cigarette butts, animal skulls from the collection of the Narodni National Museum in Prague, or vessels from his personal collection, these images demonstrate Penn's extraordinary ability to create strikingly eloquent compositions from the most unsuspecting materials.