Archaeologists in England are currently puzzling over a 2,000-year-old comb that was carved from the back of a human skull.
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One of the cranial sutures — the wiggly lines on a skull where the individual bones fuse during life — was already closed, which does not normally happen until a person is older than 65.
Look for a second line at the front of the skull -- the coronal suture – which fully fuses ... the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against ...
Sutures: The fibrous joints between the bones of the skull that allow for growth and development of the head.
Look for a second line at the front of the skull -- the coronal suture – which fully fuses ... the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against ...
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