Sentences with phrase «skull shape»

The team also identified genes associated with the mammoth body plan, such as skull shape, small ears and short tails.

Using sophisticated mathematical techniques to analyse 3D shape, the researchers could show how diet, habitat and prey size correlated with skull shape.

These fun, silicone cupcake molds are fantastic: Simply pour in batter and bake for skull shaped cupcakes.

This switch to a more juvenile skull shape was also an important force in human evolution.

Cats and dogs have three basic skull shapes, which are generally dictated by breed.

Description: 3 holes in ground (one 30 ft & two 4 ft in diameter) create skull shape, hence the name.

As a result of this lack of widespread information, many find out that their children have been affected only after a significant deformity in skull shape becomes visually apparent.

Cut out a simple skull shape from tag board, make eye holes, then let the kids decorate with markers and metallic shreds.

«As a dog's head or skull shape becomes flatter — more pug - like — the brain rotates forward and the smell centre of the brain drifts further down to the lowest position in the skull,» Valenzuela says.

To help clarifying this debate, researchers at the University of Helsinki compared skull shape and size, by including more than 300 species of lizards and snakes at both embryonic and adult stages.

But Elalouf says the two species can be distinguished by skull shape, and that the paintings definitely show cave bears.

Brachycephalia refers to a flat and wide skull shape.

Bhullar and his colleagues set out to trace the evolution of brain and skull shape not simply in the dinosaurs closest to birds, but in the entire lineage leading from reptiles to birds.

The way that skull shape changed as Neanderthals grew up suggests that they were just as smart as us, although it's still a contentious finding

Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of one or more bony plates in the skull, often resulting in restricted brain growth and an abnormal skull shape.

Not to mention the crazy skull shape.

This new study shows that despite being separated by 300 million years, dolphins and crocodiles found comparable solutions to these problems, and evolved skull shapes that are remarkably similar.

Future research will aim to uncover why specific skull shapes are better at catching certain prey using bioengineering computer simulations.

Naia's skull shape does not look like those of Native Americans, but the Beringian - derived mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D1 haplogroup (D1) directly links her to the modern Native peoples of the Americas.

That deep divergence helps explain the vast differences between the two species: not just color but also skull shape, body size, teeth, and other traits clearly distinguish the two.

For birds, switching to a more baby - like skull shape eventually unleashed their potential.

Neubauer considers it unlikely that the gradual evolution of smaller faces with the same general skull shape altered braincase shapes.

Humans outside of Africa are missing many genetic variants found only in Africans and, indeed, the farther a traditional group lives from Africa, the less diversity it has in its genes and morphological traits, including skull shape (Science, 6 January 1995, p. 35).

For example, Lop eared rabbits and Dwarf breeds have a different skull shape to that of the wild rabbit.

Canine eye injuries are more common in breeds with short noses and a more rounded skull shape, such as pugs, shih tzus, Boston terriers, and bulldogs.

Dogs were a good species in which to study this, McGreevy wrote, «because skull shapes and body shape are so diverse among breeds».

Later studies on the skeleton's facial features and skull shape helped identify Naia as a paleo - American woman.

That golden skull shape is interesting and we see it again when the Psycho Mantis - alike enemy lands on the overturned truck and lightning illuminates the visage under his hood.

Though this exploding skull shaped hideout looks nice.

The researchers found that the farther a population was located from Africa, the fewer variations in skull shape they displayed.

Brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome (BOAS), caused by skull shape, results in breathing difficulties.

Dogs with short muzzles and a flat and wide skull shape are called brachycephalic breeds.

While the exact cause of the disease remains unknown, a strong association between the brachycephalic skull shape and CM was reported [2], [6]--[8].

Genes linked to physical traits such as skull shape, small ears and short tails were also identified.

There are mountains of supporting data that show differences in brain size, skull shape, testosterone levels, crime rates, mating patterns, etc — and yet liberals retain the FANTASY that «all the races are equal» and that Blacks are just as likely as Whites to launch space shuttles, but somehow — they just haven't had the chance yet.

Place the cookie dough into a flat clean surface, peel the top parchment paper and cut out the cookies with a skull shaped cookie cutter.

I used this skull and cross-bone one from Hobby Lobby to make both the skull shaped hard boiled egg whites and the cross-bone mozzarella cheese.

your eyes are drawn to your little love's adorable eyes and drooling mouth, not the shape of his skull

Those same factors may also explain more generally how the skull shapes of indigenous American populations changed over millennia.

Over time, differences discovered in the men's skull shapes and other skeletal features raised suspicions that the Two Brothers were not biologically related at all.

The team also found five genes in domestic cats that influence the migration of neural crest cells, stem cells in the developing embryo that affect everything from skull shape to coat color.

By comparing data from the past decade with specimens collected by McGill researchers as far back as the 1950s, Millien's team discovered that the skull shapes of both mouse species have changed over time.

Each subsequent migration out of these departed groups would reduce variability in genes and skull shape.

But those findings may now be called into question, since a new study from North Carolina State University shows that there is not enough variation in skull shapes to make a positive ID.

Moreover, skull shape is often altered in craniofacial pathologies and skull development differs significantly between species.

This frequently includes traits like hair texture, skin color, skull shape, facial features and more.