The primary injury creates chaos inside the cranial vault. Understanding the basic dynamics of the vault is essential to determining the consequences of such injuries and monitoring their impact.

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...

The well-preserved skull belongs to a never-before-seen species of sauropodomorph that potentially grew up to 33 feet long. An enormous, extremely well preserved dinosaur skull unearthed in China ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

A huge dinosaur skull found in southern China appears to belong to an entirely new species, according to a group of paleontologists that studied the specimen. Paleontologists found the fossilized ...

A fossilized skull of Lishulong wangi, a newly identified dinosaur species in China. Credit: Qian-Nan Zhang et al. / CC BY 4.0 A massive, well-preserved dinosaur skull discovered in southern China has ...

Adding to the pain were the stark labels written on the shrouds: “Skull without a lower jaw”, “Bone fragments”, “Rib cage”, or “Upper and lower limbs”. Instead of names and ages ...

It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of pain at the base of your skull, the area behind your ears where your head and neck meet. Understanding the cause of the pain can help you determine how to ...

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The dural compartment of the meninges, closest to the skull, is predominantly composed of fibroblasts, but also includes fenestrated blood vasculature, an elaborate lymphatic system, as well as immune ...