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Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters.
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Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
In 1925, 43 years after Darwin's death, anatomist Raymond Dart published a paper describing a fossil from Taung, South Africa, with an apelike braincase and humanlike teeth.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
By poring over three-dimensional scans of ancient hominin braincases and by examining the brains of our nearest living evolutionary kin—chimpanzees and bonobos, whose ancestors branched off from our lineage some six million years ago—researchers are beginning to unlock this puzzle.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
In 1925, 43 years after Darwin's death, anatomist Raymond Dart published a paper describing a fossil from Taung, South Africa, with an apelike braincase and humanlike teeth.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
By poring over three-dimensional scans of ancient hominin braincases and by examining the brains of our nearest living evolutionary kin—chimpanzees and bonobos, whose ancestors branched off from our lineage some six million years ago—researchers are beginning to unlock this puzzle.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braincase. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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braincase
noun
brain·case
ˈbrān-ˌkās 
: the cranium enclosing the brain
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