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To: Fester Chugabrew

you are missing quite a few bones there, Fester.
just so you know - the "cranium" technically includes every bone north of the Atlas. this includes the mandible. this includes the nasal bones. depending on how you reckon things, the human cranium consists of about 22 bones.


143 posted on 03/24/2006 4:48:21 PM PST by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal. this would not be a problem if so many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout
depending on how you reckon things, the human cranium consists of about 22 bones.

Unless they're mentioned in Genesis, they don't count.

147 posted on 03/24/2006 4:52:29 PM PST by Gumlegs
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To: King Prout
. . . the "cranium" technically includes every bone north of the Atlas.

Depends on your source. Some make a distinction between cranial (8) and facial (14) bones. If it is any consolation, I'll happily concede that my cranium, and that of this find, and those of the people in Ethiopia all have 22 bones.

154 posted on 03/24/2006 4:58:09 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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