Sentences with phrase «human skulls which»

His installation Mass contains 100 human skulls which are scattered and stacked throughout a gallery at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
One reason for going there had been a human skull which a mining engineer had found at Wadjak in 1888.

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«The troops recovered quite a number of items at both the camp and the shrines which include; 10 human skulls, various human bones, 2 AK - 47 Rifles, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 18 AK - 47 Rifle Magazines, 4 pairs of military camouflage, 5 camouflage T - Shirts, and 3 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Rifle Rifle magazines.
«According to our analysis of the skull, which bears a complex mix of archaic and modern characteristics, this was probably the only place on earth where Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans lived side by side for a long period of time.»
One of the critical lines of evidence for the evolution of the human is that provided by «fossil brains» or fossilised calvariae (the top part of the skull), which has been unfairly compared to phrenology.
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.
(The skulls in the two nonhuman pelvises are human baby skulls scaled down to the likely size of an australopithecine baby's head, of which no fossils exist.)
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.
Bronte, like so many other 19th century intellectuals, was fascinated by phrenology, which explained human personality traits by charting the bumps on the skull.
The oldest known H. sapiens skulls, which his team considers to be the two Moroccan finds, have faces shaped like those of modern humans, Neubauer says.
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.
View the table on the skull comparison page, which demonstrates that creationists actually find it not «easy», but horribly difficult to classify fossils as ape or human.
S.J. Gould, in «The Mismeasure of Man», reviewed a 19th century study by Morton of 600 skulls which ranged from 950 to 1870 cc (and 25 % of this sample was of small - statured Peruvians, so the figure of 950 cc is, if anything, lower than it might be for 600 randomly selected humans).
The two smallest of the skulls have sizes of 650 cm3 and 600 cm3, which AIG and Lubenow have hitherto considered to be outside of the human range.
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.
«Annihilation» features quite a few mutants, the most terrifying of which is a giant bear with a human skull head.
All of which is quite interesting, especially the tungsten crankshaft, but let's get back to the ludicrous 91 mm turbocharger sticking out the hood like an intake or human skull from «Mad Max: Fury Road.»
Five Mayan buildings have been found so far, one of which may be the true temple of the goddess Ixchel as well as more than 100 pieces of obsidian, jade, skeletons and human skulls.
The headset sports a relatively clean, black look with a few molded lines that break up the flow and a chunky design philosophy when it comes to the earcups, which look a bit like they're actually some form of breaching charge intended for blasting through human skulls.
Opening the front flap reveals actual graphics from the game, specifically a pixelated peek at the trophy case aboard the Predator ship, which in addition to several human skull - and - spine sets houses the skull of the Yautja's second favorite prey — a Xenomorph warrior.
To set the mood we hired an electric chair, which was positioned immediately in the entrance, placed spiders with human skulls around the venue, used spider webs to help divide up the booths had eyeball cocktails and blood energy drink refreshments on offer.
Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.
Black Kites1997, a human skull upon which Orozco drew a dense geometric checkerboard pattern, will be another highlight of the show.
A human skull recreated in platinum and studded with 8,061 diamonds, it sold to a consortium which included the artist and The White Cube Gallery for a reputed # 50 million.
In 2007, For the Love of God, Hirst's human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with 8,061 diamonds sold to a consortium which included the artist and The White Cube Gallery for # 50,000,000.
The figures within his paintings reflect the conscious mind, interacting with people and going about their business, unaware of the bigger picture - the face or skull - which reflects the unconscious mind - the instinctual, yet hidden, human drives which shape our actions.
As a parallel for the skull in The Ambassadors, which reminds us that death lurks in the midst of human vitality, this distorted head is a reminder of dominant notions of beauty within the buzzing activity of the Black beauty parlor.
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