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Recent Examples of braincase
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.
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Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
Believed to belong to a male, Skull 5 also has the smallest braincase of the five individuals.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
Xuchang 2, while not as large, appears to have had a modern size braincase as well.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
In all, the researchers found the braincase, several vertebrae, teeth, claws and part of a jaw, which was enough to identify the find as a new species.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
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Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
Believed to belong to a male, Skull 5 also has the smallest braincase of the five individuals.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
Xuchang 2, while not as large, appears to have had a modern size braincase as well.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
In all, the researchers found the braincase, several vertebrae, teeth, claws and part of a jaw, which was enough to identify the find as a new species.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braincase
Noun
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Meet the hiker bringing off-roading wheelchairs to L.A. More big stories Forensic testing links skull remains to Northern California woman missing since 1987.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Flying enemies zip around above, some hurling ghostly skulls at you, others wielding annoyingly long whips.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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All those wrinkles allow more surface area of the brain to fit in the cranium.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the end, however, its characters were definitely locked up inside her cranium.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Giro, Bell, Smith, POC, and Kask are all reputable brands with a wide range of shapes to fit bulbous and diminutive noggins alike.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2025
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The show also functions very much as a love letter to that devil’s playground called Times Square, where Betty finds characters that look like her but have even bigger noggins.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Expect classic Swiss mountain fare, including an array of sausages, sliced veal Zurich-style in a cream sauce with mushrooms, homemade pâtés, terrines pates, and beef tartare.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Big smile, twinkling eyes, shiny pate — the father-son resemblance is clear straight away.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For a fun sweet-and-salty spin, swap the chow mein noddles for an equal amount of potato sticks.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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For a fun sweet-and-salty spin, swap the chow mein noddles for an equal amount of potato sticks.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Other recent polls show similar results in terms of names but different frontrunners.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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This marks an 11-point shift from the start of his term in January, when 50% of poll respondents held a favorable opinion of the president and 48% held a negative opinion.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braincase. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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