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But there is evidence of the first stages in the evolution of a trait that allows the beak to move independently of the braincase, as seen in modern birds.—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025 Additional skeletal details, like the pattern of jaw articulation and the structure of the braincase, were also contradictory to its classification.—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters.—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 In 1925, 43 years after Darwin's death, anatomist Raymond Dart published a paper describing a fossil from Taung, South Africa, with an apelike braincase and humanlike teeth.—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020 See All Example Sentences for braincase
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