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  Monday  March 17  2003    02: 06 AM

hard heads

Skulls
Come in, explore, and get inside our heads.

A skull is a machine — one designed by nature nearly 500 million years ago to protect the brain and sensory organs in vertebrate animals. A model of mechanical efficiency, each of the skull’s features is built to support specific functions, including food procurement and processing, optimal sensory intake, and impact absorption. Based on the architecture of an animal’s skull, scientists can deduce many of its dietary and social patterns.


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  thanks to Geisha asobi blog