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socket

1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone.

2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eye socket.

Origin: thr. O. Fr. Fr. L. Soccus, a shoe, a sock


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Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.

... http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/history/spreading.php This one seems to have a more aboriginal eye socket. http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-031-md.jpg http://www.boneclones.com/BC-031.htm Comparing that to hobbit, notice how the ...

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by GaryGaulin
Wed May 06, 2009 7:22 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.
Replies: 10
Views: 2606

Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.

... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gyn0-PcXrJY/SgAW9vKIMeI/AAAAAAAAAes/Cryd1A2YQtI/s400/PreSkull.JPG It seems that part of the eye socket of the hobbit is missing so one should be taller but I traced what was shown instead of fudging (or maybe it actually should be made taller like ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue May 05, 2009 10:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.
Replies: 10
Views: 2606

Future Human Evolution

... to our current morphology we find two eye distances to where teeth come together, where the hobbit humanoid has only slightly more than one eye socket distance. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hbo7Ung0Hbg/SaBoT6fhL0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ccUU2e5XrrY/s320/LB1+and+modern+human.jpg http://theprancingpapio.blogspot.com/2009/02/homo-floresiensis-hobbits-of-southeast.html ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 02, 2009 9:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5638

Re: The Axial Skeleton Helllllp!!??

... blood vessels to the eye (opthalmic artery - branch of internal carotid artery) travel through these. the ethmoid bone forms the part of the eye socket and parts of the nose. it also forms a small part of the cranial base as it forms the top bones of the nose. if you stuck two penils up your ...

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by Revenged
Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:53 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Axial Skeleton Helllllp!!??
Replies: 11
Views: 2718

I think this would go here... human & animal anatomy...

... repeatedly throughout your life. 10. immovable 11. connective tissue 12. exoskeleton 13. tendons 14. sweat 15. marrow 16. hinge 17. ball and socket 18. ball and socket :wink: Thanks again, --LaceFlowerCookies.

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by LaceFlowerCookies
Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:28 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: I think this would go here... human & animal anatomy...
Replies: 9
Views: 2332
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