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Recent Examples of cranium
Dental anthropologist and study coauthor Joel Irish also took forensic measurements of the man’s teeth and cranium, which matched best with a Western Asian individual.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
The man kept the Harbin cranium well hidden as he was instructed to hide it from the Japanese army.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
There were also three unique variants of amino acids present on the cranium — amino acids that were also found on Denisova 3, a finger bone recovered from Denisova Cave in 2008.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Others, like a relatively flat face, set beneath the cranium instead of sticking out in front of it, look more like us.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
The man kept the Harbin cranium well hidden as he was instructed to hide it from the Japanese army.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
There were also three unique variants of amino acids present on the cranium — amino acids that were also found on Denisova 3, a finger bone recovered from Denisova Cave in 2008.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Others, like a relatively flat face, set beneath the cranium instead of sticking out in front of it, look more like us.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranium
skull
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The bear skull was not directly carbon dated, but another bone from the site in the same archaeological context was between 1,675 and 1,785 years old, researchers said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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The child was taken to the hospital for medical treatment and is currently in the pediatric intensive care unit with bilateral skull fractures and subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages, according to the arrest citation.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Cranium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranium. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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