#skull-morphology

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How ancient humans bred and traded the first domestic dogs

Much present-day dog skull diversity, including shortened snouts and widened faces, emerged thousands of years ago, with major variation established by the transition to farming.
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The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations - Nature

Early lepidosaur cranial morphology—kinetic versus akinetic skulls, lower temporal bar presence, and palatal teeth—remains uncertain, complicating reconstruction of ancestral feeding adaptations.
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