This limited the size of the muscle. Very early in reptile history, changes to ancestral condition occurred in the nature of muscle attachment to the lower jaws and the skull. These changes had to do ...

1. Lizard has space on side of skull, reflecting loss of second temporal fossa. Has one fossa, one arch 2. Bird has one large cavern, with all bars between orbit and temporal fossae lost. i. Decrease ...

abnormally oriented lower jaw. One possible explanation for these skull and jaw traits is a rare genetic disorder called Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS), according to the researchers. This ...

"The skull and the flattened lower jaw posed challenges due to their severe ... or competition with deer that arrived on Crete in the late Pleistocene played a role. During the Pleistocene ...