Nuchal torus. A thickened bar of bone above the attachment area of the neck muscles, on the back of the cranium. More or less thick and projecting in different individual fossils, it is present …

In geometry, a torus (pl.: tori or toruses) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space one full revolution about an axis that is coplanar with the circle. …

2011年9月1日 · A distinct angular torus occupies the posteroinferior corner of the parietal bone. The inferior borders of the right and left tori are broken, but enough bone is preserved to know …

2017年3月1日 · A well-defined angular torus is present on the parietals. The temporal displays a small, oval external auditory meatus, a triangular, slightly laterally inflated mastoid process, a …

The angular torus is a traditional hallmark characteristic of H. erectus (Rightmire, 1993; Santa Luca, 1980; Weidenreich, 1943), and one thought by Andrews and Stringer to differentiate …

2007年8月9日 · Near its mastoid angle, the parietal bone shows a slight longitudinal swelling in association with the faint superior temporal line, which can be interpreted as an incipient …

2017年3月1日 · The thickened brow ridge, angular torus, and sculpted nuchal lines are in keeping with identification as an (adult) male (Rightmire et al., 2006). D2282 is severely damaged, but …

2020年10月26日 · Homo erectus is defined by its distinctive cranial morphology, including a long, low vault and the presence of cranial suprastructures such as sagittal keeling, an angular …

4 小时之前 · The presence of bivariate angular or directional data is very common in different disciplines of sciences, for example dihedral (torsion) angles in protein structures …

2003年6月12日 · Bi-stephanic breadth is only 96 ± 3 mm, well below the modern human mean despite the specimen's size. The angular torus is not prominent, and is fully within the modern …