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There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
This also happens to be one of the last Bugs Bunny shorts made before another animator in Clampett’s unit, Robert McKimson, refreshed the bunny’s design: raising him a little taller, lengthening his ears, and widening his mouth to accentuate his murine mandibles.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
The mockup of the insect’s head shows a rough circle adorned with two antennae, a small mandible hidden underneath and eyestalks protruding from the sides.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The teeth mandible and humerus are all smaller than those found at Liang Bua, Kaifu says.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
This also happens to be one of the last Bugs Bunny shorts made before another animator in Clampett’s unit, Robert McKimson, refreshed the bunny’s design: raising him a little taller, lengthening his ears, and widening his mouth to accentuate his murine mandibles.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
The mockup of the insect’s head shows a rough circle adorned with two antennae, a small mandible hidden underneath and eyestalks protruding from the sides.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The teeth mandible and humerus are all smaller than those found at Liang Bua, Kaifu says.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Mandible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandible. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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