ANTH 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cranial Vault, Frontal Bone, Mosaic Evolution
5 May 2020
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Part of the skull where the neck muscles attach. Occurrence, within a given population of organisms. Different rates of evolutionary change in various body structures and functions. Ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket. Referring to the cranial vault in the study of brain development in humans and other organisms. Evolutionary increase in complexity or relative size of the brain. Involving a shift of function from non cortical parts of the brain to the cortex. Typically an item of cultural or historical interest. Pocket or fold in the wall of the heart or a major blood vessel that fills and distends if the blood flows backward. Branch of paloeontology that deals with processes of fossilization. Muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side and closes the jaw in chewing. Plant community defined by characteristic group of dominant plant species.
