postcranial
Americanadjective
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located posterior to the head.
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pertaining to or involving parts of the body that lie posterior to the head.
Etymology
Origin of postcranial
Example Sentences
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"It appears that the inner ear provides a unique record of the evolutionary history of ape locomotion that offers an invaluable alternative to the study of the postcranial skeleton."
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
The incorporation of postcranial anatomy therefore seems crucial to fully assess the ecology, disparity, and relationships of crocodylomorphs.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023
But Brunet’s team didn’t give it a serious analysis until 2017 when a specialist in postcranial bones, Guillaume Daver, began to study it with Poitiers paleoanthropologist Franck Guy.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2022
Paleontologist Anna Gillespie and colleagues named this new species of "marsupial lion" from a nearly-complete skull and additional postcranial bones found in the 26-19 million year old deposits of Australia's Riversleigh World Heritage Area.
From Scientific American • Dec. 16, 2017
Intriguingly, in contrast to the postcranial bones, none of the skull bones show tooth marks.
From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2012
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