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occipital bun

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A prominent bulge, or projection, of the occipital bone at the back of the skull[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_bun ]

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occipital bun

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Neanderthal_profile.png

id

UBERON:0013427

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_63221

taxon notes

Occipital buns are important in scientific descriptions of classic Neanderthal crania. While common among many of mankind's ancestors, primarily robust relatives rather than gracile, the protrusion is relatively rare in modern Homo sapiens..

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