
JAWS: A museum staff member sits inside the jaws of a restored Carcharodon megalodon, January 1927.
Image: Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
In honor of Darwin's birthday, we take a look back at diverse species being readied for display at the American Museum of Natural History

JAWS: A museum staff member sits inside the jaws of a restored Carcharodon megalodon, January 1927.
Image: Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
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Add CommentEvolution - has anyone studied the development of the Mentum Osseum?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf a line is drawn to from the center of the Mentum Osseum to the angle of the Occiput, and another line vertically in the centre of the skull, it, [the angle] seems to vary in different individuals.
Also, can Language somehow modify skull development i.e.,as different languages use different areas of the throat/mouth to produce their sounds?
The head is quite heavy. Watch how ballet dancers 'whip'their heads round as they pirouette.
Is it possible the 'chin'developed because the cranial vault or, forehead altered so that even an extra small forward lower weight counteracted the development of the skull bons, and the occipital region?
These being due to an evolving brain.
Evolution - has anyone studied the development of the Mentum Osseum?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI DON'T KNOW.