Sentences with phrase «human skull with»

Thus, the small and uncanny Pinocchio mort, a cast representing a human skull with an oversized nose successfully functions as an eyebrow raising counterpart of the equally witty, giant Elephandret.

A young Polish Jew, Poldak Pfefferberg (Jonathan Sagalle) pauses in front of a shop window display where there is a picture of a human skull with lines indicating the smaller circumference (and lesser intelligence) of the Judaic brain.

Such cases, if they even occur, are obviously exceptionally rare, and the probability of finding a fossil human skull with such a small brain is essentially zero.

Critics of evolution are fond of citing Piltdown Man (a human skull with an ape jaw) or Nebraska Man (the tooth of a fossil pig).

Not exact matches

Lucy is not compelling because the skull is very clearly an primate of some sort and decidedly not human and there is an entire evolutionary step [in mankind] that is based around a computer model that began with a single tooth.

IgA and IgG have the potential to retard streptococcal growth; streptococcus mutans is highly susceptible to the bactericidal action of lactoferrin, a major component of human milk.9, 10 Rugg - Gunn reported that cariogenic bacteria may not be able to utilize lactose, the sugar found in breastmilk, as readily as sucrose.8 Confirming the findings of other researchers, this author has evaluated approximately 600 skulls to find little evidence of problems with dental decay among our prehistoric breastfed ancestors.11, 12,13,14,15

The Police in Kwara State on Thursday arrested and paraded a suspected ritualist with seven human skulls, in addition to other criminal suspects arrested for armed robbery, cultism and car snatching.

Ilyasu, who gave the identities of the trio as Adebayo Mudashiru (36), Raheed Abass (33) and Rasaq Adenekan (42), said: «they were caught with fresh and dried human parts, human skull, reptiles and assorted charms.

The Osun State Police command has arrested a herbalist identified as Adeniyi Adeyeye with a human skull at Moro in Ife North Local Government Area of the state.

«On searching the sack with the arrested suspect, it was discovered that it contained a human skull.»

A native doctor, identified as Adeniyi Adeyeye has been caught with a human skull at Moro, Ife North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Over seven months, a team at the Louisiana Department of Justice in Baton Rouge tracked human skulls being advertised on the site and found that 237 people listed 454 skulls, with opening bids ranging from one cent to $ 5500.

Instead the skull indicates that modern humans met and interbred with Neanderthals in Israel, only to later pass on their genes to the rest of the world.

A 55,000 - year - old incomplete skull found in Israel may belong to a human group that interbred with Neanderthals.

From this, he proposes a new theory for the evolution of the human brain: Homo sapiens developed rounder skulls and grew bigger parietal cortexes — the region of the brain that integrates visual imagery and motor coordination — because of an evolutionary arms race with increasingly wary prey.

In 2005 a virtual brain of the one known skull of Homo floresiensis — the three - foot - tall hominid discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores — provided evidence in the ongoing debate about whether the creature represents a separate species or was a human pygmy with a birth defect.

Because piglet skulls have similar mechanical properties as infant human skulls — meaning they bend and break in similar ways — Haut and Fenton used the already deceased specimens in their research and found they were able to classify the different fracture patterns with a high degree of accuracy.

When the team compared these scans with those of the skulls of Homo sapiens from temperate regions, they found Neanderthals» sinuses were only bigger because they had bigger faces; the two species» sinuses had the same relative size relationship (Journal of Human Evolution, DOI: 10.1016 / j.jhevol.2010.10.003).

«With the skulls we found,» co-author Ignacio Martínez, Professor of Paleontology at the University of Alcalá, added, «it was possible to characterize the cranial morphology of a human population of the European Middle Pleistocene for the first time.»

«Skulls with mix of Neandertal and primitive traits illuminate human evolution.»

Researchers studying a collection of skulls in a Spanish cave identified both Neandertal - derived features and features associated with more primitive humans in these bones.

Richly illustrated throughout, with most of the fine photographs having been taken by the authorss from Johanson's Institute of Human Origins who dated the Java skulls.

A new study claims that the hobbit (lower photo) shares traits with modern humans afflicted with cretinism (top skull).

The method was previously used on human organs as an anatomy study aid for medical students, and has since been adopted to digitally archive artifacts such as ancient pottery and prehistoric skulls so that students and researchers can interact with otherwise rarely handled specimens from museum collections.

RITUAL CUT An almost 6,000 - year - old human skull from southern Russia contains a large opening at the back of the head created by cutting away bone with a sharp instrument.

Dr. Charlier argues that human remains in museums and scientific institutions can be divided into four categories, «ethnographical elements» such as hair samples with no certain identification; anatomical remains such as whole skeletons or skulls; archaeological remains; and more modern collections of skulls, used in now discredited studies in the early 20th century.

Likewise, the shape of the skull vault, which surrounds the brain, and chin anatomy were both outside the range seen in humans, with or without Down syndrome.

Look at a primate or a Neanderthal skull and compare it with a modern human's.

Curnoe nicknamed the bones the Red Deer Cave people; he and his colleagues compared them with modern and contemporary human remains from Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa, as well as with Pleistocene East Asian hunter - gatherer skulls.

So with techniques normally used for studying prehistoric humans, researchers created a 3D image of Descartes's brain (above) by scanning the impression it left on the inside of his skull, which has been kept for almost 200 years now in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

The gruesome specimen, now in a private collection, consists of a human head and shoulders with the top of the skull and brain removed.

Homo habilis is argued out of existence altogether; the famous East African skull, ER 1470 (which some, but nowadays by no means all, authorities class with Homo habilis) somehow becomes a modern human representative.

Jason Lee / Reuters In the next few months, surgeons in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou will carefully drill through the skulls of people with Parkinson's disease and inject 4 million immature neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells into their brains.

The skull was discovered along with stone - made hand axes, human teeth and animal bones.

Quam also said that with the discovery of the Aroeria skull, the anatomical diversity of human fossil records of that time have increased to a great extent.

Along with the skull, the researchers also discovered stone - made hand axes, animal remains and human teeth.

It was a controversial interpretation for many, as it contradicted religious beliefs about human origins; the short, stocky limb bones and the skull's oversized brow suggested an ape - like ancestor that did not fit in with the biblical idea of God's creation.

So, another question for AIG: if the Dmanisi skulls are H. erectus, and erectus skulls are «within the range of people today», could they please provide some evidence of modern humans with similar brain sizes?

Lubenow's book is the best general creationist expose of human evolution so far published, although I disagree strongly with his willingness to accept the KNM - ER 1470 skull (classified as Homo habilis) as probably human.

Moreover, unlike modern humans with low brain sizes, these skulls are very robust, with flattened braincases and large brow ridges.

Even if you do not take medication or have a serious health problem, you may want to consult with a knowledgeable clinician, especially during the first month or two, to help you troubleshoot any issues that may arise, but ultimately the ketogenic diet is a safe and healthy diet for the vast majority of human beings — certainly much safer and healthier than the standard American diet, which should come in a package with a skull and crossbones on it A properly - formulated ketogenic diet contains everything the brain and body require to function well.

The brilliant low - budget sci - fi action flick that launched James Cameron's career begins its mirror dance of destruction and destiny with a tank - bot crushing human skulls in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and two nude figures materializing from blobs of animated lighting in mid-1980s Los Angeles.

«Annihilation» features quite a few mutants, the most terrifying of which is a giant bear with a human skull head.

The skulls of dead aliens are seen, along with some human corpses and taxidermy animals.

Hugo Weaving relishes this slithery role with a Werner Herzog accent and a red skull lurking beneath a synthetic human mask.

I carry a nice line of imitation human and animal skulls, with a sign above them with the first words a customer said when we introduced the line: «Dude.

Both conditions are characterized by increased proximity of the cranial cervical spine to the base of the skull [25]; however a defining characteristic of human basilar invagination is invagination of the odontoid process of the axis through or towards the foramen magnum, often with compression of the neural tissue by the dens [25].

As with Classical Chiari type I malformation in humans, CKCS appear to have a shallower caudal cranial fossa and have abnormalities of the supraoccipital and basioccipital bones when compared to mesaticephalic breeds (breeds with a skull of intermediate length and width)[16].

The tiny humans had skulls about the size of grapefruits, lived with pygm...

The primary subject is the skull rack itself; others show a scene with a human sacrifice; eagles eating human hearts; and skeletonized warriors with shields and arrows.