In the human "calvarium" in question, the mid-line traced backward from the super-orbital ridge runs along a smooth track. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882] Reference
What is posed as the "Neanderthal skull" is the roof of the brain-case, or "calvarium" of the anatomist, including the pent-house overhanging the eye-holes or. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882] Reference
His brain had swollen and it was possible he would need surgery to drill holes in his skull that would keep the brain from crushing itself against the calvarium. From Wordnik.com. [In the Still of the Night] Reference
The show, amazingly enough, was a history programme of the progression from the original pre-Darwinian discovery in Neander Valley of the original Neanderthal calvarium towards the modern australopithecine theories about branching trees. From Wordnik.com. [A TV show that might not suck - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And, on this assumption, I have to state that the super-orbital ridge in the calvarium in question is but little more prominent than in certain human skulls of both higher and lower races, and of both the existing and cave-dwelling periods. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882] Reference
NMan combines by far the largest calvarium with the smal. From Wordnik.com. [Treatise on the influence of climate on the human species; and on the varieties of men resulting from it; including an account of the criteria of intelligence, which the form of the head presents; and a sketch of a rational system of physiognomy as founded in physiology] Reference
On the contrary, when the brain is large, the volume of the calvarium is increased in proportion to that of the face. From Wordnik.com. [Treatise on the influence of climate on the human species : and on the varieties of men resulting from it, including an account of the criteria of intelligence which the form of the head presents, and a sketch of a rational system of physiognomy as founded on physiology] Reference
Hence, the facial line is oblique, and the facial or upper and inner angle is acute: it becomes more and more so, as we descend in the scale from man; and, in several birds, and in most reptiles and fishes, it is lost altogether, as the calvarium and face are completely on a level, and form parts of one horizontal plane. From Wordnik.com. [Treatise on the influence of climate on the human species : and on the varieties of men resulting from it, including an account of the criteria of intelligence which the form of the head presents, and a sketch of a rational system of physiognomy as founded on physiology] Reference
The head is divided into calvarium and face. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
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