Cranial evolutionary allometry
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Cranial evolutionary allometry
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Cranial evolutionary allometry (CREA) is a scientific theory regarding trends in the shape of mammalian skulls during the course of evolution in accordance with body size. Specifically, the theory posits that there is a propensity among closely related mammalian groups for the skulls of the smaller species to be short and those of the larger species to be long. This propensity appears to hold true for placental as well as non-placental mammals, and is highly robust. Examples of groups which exhi
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Theory regarding evolutionary trends in the shape of mammalian skulls
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_evolutionary_allometry
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2022-02-12T12:20:37Z
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