Notre Dame Paleontologist Finds Damage Done To T. rex Skull
GLASGOW, Mont. -- The skull of what is believed to be the largest Tyrannosaur ... and found that two-thirds of the left side of the skull was missing. Both of the lower jaws also were missing. The FBI in Great Falls took possession last F...Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa
...ats, shrews, birds and frogs as well as a complete skull of anadult primate and the jawbone of a juvenile primate believed to be ancient ancestors of present-day baboons. The vast collection of fossils is one of the few uncovered in Botswana and contains well-preserved specimens of small mammals thatmay h...Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF
...,000 years ago, and now they have a well-preserved skull to prove it. "The skull belonged to one of two species of giant armadillo that lived in Florida during the Pleistocene Epoch...Widespread Genus Of Monkeys Gives Up Genealogical Secrets To Columbia Researchers
...tats with only small anatomical alterations of the skull and body. In manyways, macaques are the Darwin's finches of the primate world." In external appearance, the macaque family has no common definingfeature, leading to considerable confusion when appearance has been used toclassify them. Ther......itors: a photo of Matt Cartmill with a Neanderthal skull is availableon the University Photography ftp site...scientists who measuredthe base of the Neanderthal skull in an attempt to reconstruct the vocal tract.Those scientists concluded that Neanderthals and earlie...Remarkable Skull Of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed On Madagascar
... including a nearlycomplete, exquisitely preserved skull -- were recently recovered on the islandof Madagas... jackpot," explained Sampson. "This extraordinary skull ranksamong the best known for any dinosaur." With a total body length of almost 30 feet, Maj...Scientists Unearth Remains Of A Predatory Dinosaur In Madagascar
...'s tail and a near-completeskull, and although the skull bones were scattered over a 2-meter area, theywere...Majungatholus was originally named for an isolated skull fragmentthought to belong to a pachycephalosaur, or "dome-headed" dinosaur. But this newskull clearl...Mr. Ples Throws Scientists Into A Tizzy
... at Washington University inSt. Louis. The skull of Mr. Ples, found by Alun Hughes and Phillip Tobi...y complete adultaustralopithecine skull. Mr. Ples' skull is well-preserved on one side butpartly open on the other. It earlier was thought to have a brain ca...Fully Endoscopic Brain Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...urgery for patients with pituitary tumors andother skull base disorders. According to Hrayr Shahinian, M.D., director of the Skull Base Institute, thenew procedure utilizes a tiny endoscope -- 4mm wide and 20cm long -- with angledtips to provide a panoramic view of the brain. Because the point of entry is...Medical Tip Sheet - November 1, 1998
...A new type of minimally invasive, fully endoscopic skull base surgery atCedars-Sinai Medical Center gives s...n 11/08. She is available forinterviews, as is the skull base surgeon. Available for interviews: Hrayr Shahinian, M.D., Director, Skull Base Institute;Pamela...Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science
... giant meathooks and a long, narrow,crocodile-like skull were among the fossil remains of a new genus and s...his colleagueshave determined that the spinosaurid skull is even more elongate andcrocodile-like than previously thought. In a Perspective that accompanies S......s a juvenile with virtually complete jaws, various skull bones, and several additional bones from its body...., suggesting it may have been a carnivore. With a skull almost two inches long, Deltatheridium was a relative giant in the Lilliputian world of Mesozoic mam...First Complete Fossil Of Fierce Prehistoric Predator Found In South Africa
...an Museum inCape Town. Smith and Ward measured the skull at about 30 inches long, while the backbonewas more than 6.5 feet long and the overall length was nearly 9.75 feet. Theskeleton will be plastered and removed with jackhammers and large rock-movingequipment. Gorgonopsids were the largest predators of ...Old Bone Collection Reveals Basis For Some Dizziness
Using a library of almost 1,000 skull bones collected for more than 30years at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, researchers have identified aconsistent congenital basis for a rare but troubling disorder they discovered inwhich loud noises cause dizziness. Their findings are to be ...Tip Sheet: Papers At IADR Meeting
...genedelivery system to try to repair fractures and skull deformities in animals. Fluoride freeze. It's i...mally, the bony plates that make up the top of the skull don't begin to fuseuntil around age 2, allowing plenty of room for the child's developing brain. But...Important New Fossil Animal Discovered By Wits Scientists
...sto, headed a team that found the important fossil skull nearWilliston in the Northern Cape. The discovery ...an, also of the National Museum. The fossil is the skull of a sheep-sized animal that is the mostprimitive member yet found of a group of plant-eaters on the...Discovery of new bird species in China, oldest beak shows evolution complexity
... Combining modern and ancient features in the same skull was surprising,he said. "This is very much like having the space shuttle with a back end builtlike a Model T." Dui, the new specimen, also shows that the half-moon shaped bone in thewrist that's been used to support a dinosaurian ance...NIH taps Hopkins craniofacial program as 'center of discovery', awards $7.5million grant
...of wine consumed during pregnancy affect a fetus's skull development?Johns Hopkinsresearchers will use a $7...ting and craniosynostosis (premature fusing of the skull bonesthat often requiressurgery to prevent neurological problems). "Cleft lip, cleft palate an...Primitive primate makes the case for Asian anthropoid origins
...n foranthropoids. "But more fossils, including the skull and ear bones, will benecessary to definitely solve the problem," Jaeger said. "That's why we're goingback to Myanmar at the end of the year." By primate standards, Bahinia was a small animal. The researchersestimated its size to be about 400 grams......t 50 percent increase in new bone formation in the skull after only five days of treatment. In the oral dose groups, the statins caused increases in new trabecular bone (the type of bone found at the ends of bones like the femur) ranging from 39 to 94 percent after approximately one month's treatment. "It ...